Consultation on Heathrow runway ‘within a year’
20.01.10
BAA has said it hopes to launch a public consultation on a third runway at Heathrow within a year, the Hounslow Guardian reports. The airport operator has continued to work on a planning application in the lead up to a general election - despite the Conservatives promising to scrap the controversial project.
However, the newspaper reports that BAA has confirmed it will not take the next step towards expansion until after the election. BAA said it expected ‘to be in a position to consult with local residents and all other interested parties in the second half of 2010.’
Campaigners are said to be confident that - one year after the Government approved a third runway - their chances of victory are growing. John Stewart, founder and chairman of campaign group Hacan, told the newspaper: ‘A year ago it looked like a third runway would be built at Heathrow, but a year on that now seems like a distant prospect. It’s now clear that unless Labour wins the next election a third runway at Heathrow will not happen. I think we feel that the big decision will come just after the election.’
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