On Wed, 08 May 2013 10:45:02 +0100
Recliner wrote:
Heathrow Airport has been buying up the properties that would be
subsumed by a third runway, so there won't be many remaining property
owners affected by a resurrected proposal. However, grander four
runway proposals would be more complicated, probably involving putting
the M25 into a cut and cover tunnel under an expanded airport (as
already happens in, for example, CDG and AMS).

There is of course another option - don't bother expanding any airport since
its all a con. There is quite enough air traffic over south east england
already - we don't need any more. And the comparisons between heathrow and
Schippol or CDG are bogus. Those ARE the main airports for the amsterdam and
paris. Amsterdam doesn't have any others of note and paris only has Orly.
London has heathrow, gatwick, stanstead, city, luton and - at a push -
southend. Thats plenty. This whole drive for airport expansion is nothing more
than vested interests in the airline industry pushing their own agenda at the
expense of quality of life of millions and the enviroment.

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Spud