2M group want powerful airport regulator
01.06.09
The 2M group of councils opposed the Heathrow expansion are calling for a powerful regulator to enforce new environmental standards at the airport. Ministers have just finished consulting on reforms that could require large airports to obtain a licence from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Under current regulations the CAA can impose fines for failure to achieve service standards, but as yet there are no proposals for sanctions for breaches of air pollution and noise limits. Nick Botterill from the 2M Group said ‘The Government massaged its case for a third Heathrow runway by setting its noise benchmark as the last year when Concorde was flying and ignoring the findings of its own research on the impacts of aircraft noise around Heathrow - yet the CAA failed to speak out.'
‘It will take a powerful body to stand up to both industry and government. This could be a job for the Environment Agency - or we could move towards a new, independent regulator which could combine protection of passenger and community interests with real enforcement powers.’
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