Richard J. wrote:
Mwmbwls wrote:

Preliminary Airtrack plans - designed to provide new rail access to
Heathrow from the south and west - were discussed at the meeting of
Spelthorne Council's executive committee on Tuesday.
It voted to strongly oppose overhead electrification on environmental
grounds.

That's rich, coming from the council that did a U-turn and voted in favour
of Heathrow expansion. They don't mind destroying someone else's village
and forcing environmental damage on thousands of West London residents, but
they don't want the view of their sodding bit of grass spoilt.

Isn't there something like a ten lane sodding motorway right next to the
Airtrack route? I hadn't realised quite how much the Tories still
loathed public transport until the current Mayoral election, but this is
all of a piece with it.

t