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Heathrow Third Runway

I hope this is the Sunday Times April Fool story, but fear that it isn't.Fast track for third runwayhttp://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article1595825.ece"At Heathrow, executives have done extensive work on how a three-runway airport would operate to cause the least pollution. The new strip would be used for both take-offs and landings, the central runway would be used for arrivals and the southerly one for departures."

Tim Henderson ● 7160d3 Comments

I fear you are right - I think this has been on the cards for a lot longer than most of us realise.

Vanessa Smith ● 7160d

Having had a look at the Project Heathrow website, there is now much less info there than there used to be !The Air Quality Methodology stuff has now been completed and reported on - so I think they are now clear how to judge the pollution aspects of various scenarios.But the mixed mode operation and surface access sections used to have, I think, minutes (albeit six months after the panel meetings occurred). Now there is nothing - not even the old minutes available. I could of course be wrong, but I suspect the process is getting a lot less transparent than it was initially set up to be.Anyone any good at writing Freedom of Information requests ?

Tim Henderson ● 7160d

Tim, I think T6 is probably well on the cards as well as a third runway!

Vanessa Smith ● 7159d