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Heathrow expansion
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Raleigh Chopper
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They should have gone for Hearlthrow & Gatwick and have 2 international hubs with a new transport system to Gatwick.
No sympathy for local residents if you have lived there for some time they must have known Heathrow would only get bigger and if people have recently moved there then they must have been prepared to put up with the noise in the first place, if they don't like it then move somewhere quieter, even a few miles and you can't here it (Northolt, Harrow, Ruislip etc) I have some sympathy for those on the flight path though, places like Ealing, Brentford, Kew etc but as I used to live there they are a few thousand feet up and you don't notice it after a while.
Having said all that I liked the idea of a massive new airport in the Thames estuary but that would have disturbed quite a bit of wildlife, but you can't have it all.
No sympathy for local residents if you have lived there for some time they must have known Heathrow would only get bigger and if people have recently moved there then they must have been prepared to put up with the noise in the first place, if they don't like it then move somewhere quieter, even a few miles and you can't here it (Northolt, Harrow, Ruislip etc) I have some sympathy for those on the flight path though, places like Ealing, Brentford, Kew etc but as I used to live there they are a few thousand feet up and you don't notice it after a while.
Having said all that I liked the idea of a massive new airport in the Thames estuary but that would have disturbed quite a bit of wildlife, but you can't have it all.
mikeyjh
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See below! The fact it has 2 runways, not 1, I mean you can see the frigging thing when you're there!
clippedgull
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beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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they did. as well as Stanstead, Boris Island and Heathwick, linking Heathrow and Gatwick with an underground shuttle. Heathrow is the "simpliest" option on paper, sort of central for access from the rest of the country*, the one that the City likes (shortest time office to gate) and BA liked, though they claim otherwise now due to expected cost (im sure they were in favour some years ago). but its politically the most sensitive.
* as things are now, if you were starting from scratch its a terrible place.
Good move but Heathrow needs an extra runway just to deal with its current movements efficiently.
Not good news for anyone who uses the West part of the M25 to go around London. It's already jammed most of the day.
Withdean11
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All it will take is a vehicle to break down or stop under the runway for them to close the M25 and put a halt to all flights out of LHR. Chaos. Awful idea.
Why would they?
I presume you are referring to terrorist threat? Why can't an explosion be detonated in a moving vehicle? The traffic will regularly be moving very slowly around that part of the M25 anyway. A car completely stopped doesn't really change the equation does it? The runway construction will surely have to be designed to withstand 'anything'.
Leekbrookgull
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What i like about Government Policy is this. Leek to London 30 mins car to Station 90 mins on train so 2 hours. Hs2. Leek to Crewe in car 60 mins current Crewe to London 90 mins. 2hr 30 and Hs2 make Crewe to London 75 mins+ car,i need a drink ! You call this progress ?
GT49er
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Fair enough, I guess - although there is a railway line practically at the end of the runway. And, is the journey to Heathrow that much fun these days?
The Birdman
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Gatwick could still build a second runway which was surported by WSCC however Heathrow has a better transport infrastructure which now includes crossrail.
BUT, and it's a very big BUT, the airlines do not want Gatwick. No foreign long-haul airline has chosen Gatwick if slots were available at Heathrow. And those forced to fly to Gatwick due to no Heathrow slots being available have moved to Heathrow as soon as they were able to obtain slots.
Don't be ridiculous. Why would a vehicle stopped in a tunnel under the runway affect flights?
ManOfSussex
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mona
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Huge expense and disruption of building crossrail make Heathrow the inevitable choice. Gatwick has abysmal public transport links.
Norman Baker suck my lozenge
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I'm looking forward to seeing Boris stood in front of a bulldozer,can't wait.
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I think I need an eye test! I read it as Heathrow explosion. My heart sank. Thankfully nothing bad.
Norman Baker suck my lozenge
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Because it might be a peace loving religious type with a boot full of weed killer.
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