Government denies collusion over Stansted runway
12.03.08
The government and BAA have been accused of surging ahead with plans to expand Stansted, despite local objections and concerns about the environmental impact. Campaign group Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) has accused the government of ‘collusion and connivance’ with BAA while the Conservatives have said they are trying to slip through the Stansted expansion while attention is focused on separate expansion plans at Heathrow.
BAA announced yesterday that it wants to open a two-runway, two-terminal airport in 2015, in what would be the first new runway in the south-east for 50 years. But SSE has condemned the timing, with the application launched before a public inquiry into expanding capacity on the airport's existing runway is completed.
The DfT denied the allegation of collusion. A spokesman said that the application from BAA and its precise timing was up to the operator.
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