US EditionLondon Gatwick: Delays and cancellations so far today – Tuesday, September 23 - as £2.2 billion second runway plans are approved
The £2.2 billion Gatwick second runway is part of a government plan to approve 150 major infrastructure projects this Parliament, aiming to boost economic growth.
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Gatwick Second Runway Plan Given Go-ahead by Government
Gatwick Airport’s £2.2 billion second runway plan has been given the go-ahead by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander. In the privately-financed project, the West Sussex airport will move its emergency runway 12 metres north, enabling it to be used for departures of narrow-bodied planes such as Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s. This will enable it to be used for about 100,000 more flights a year. Ms Alexander backed the scheme as a “no-brainer” for e…
The Independent
perspectivemedia.comMajor infrastructure approvals at record level ‘as Government says yes’
The go-ahead for Gatwick airport’s expansion plan was given on Sunday.
‘A disaster’: Gatwick expansion is real threat to environment
'Signing off on a new runway at Gatwick is not just reckless, it is fundamentally incompatible with Britain’s legally binding climate obligations'. Yet Croydon's Tory and Labour politicians are in full support of the airport expansion. By PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent Croydon's duopoly politicians have been unanimous in welcoming airport expansion at Gatwick, as they…
The British government has given ‘green light’ to the expansion of London’s Gatwick airport, the second largest in the country, consisting of the regular commissioning of the existing north runway, along with the main runway. “Expanding Gatwick airport is the right thing,” said UK Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, in a social media message, stressing that “the project will bring significant economic benefits at the national leve…
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