Campaign group HACAN, representing residents under the Heathrow flight paths, welcomed yesterday’s decision of the London Assembly to oppose a 3rd runway at the airport. The London Assembly overwhelmingly backed the motion to oppose a 3rd runway and a 6th terminal (1). It also agreed to give “all possible support” to councils, community groups and the Mayor in opposing them.
HACAN Chair John Stewart said, “We warmly welcome this decision. It is yet another sign of the mounting opposition to further development at Heathrow. Only a few months ago all the local authorities in the area formed the 2M group to oppose expansion. Never before has there been such united opposition to expansion at the airport. The pressure on the Government and BAA is mounting all the time.”
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Notes for Editors:
(1). The following motion was agreed by the London Assembly, with 22 votes in favour and only two abstentions (by One London): “This Assembly views with alarm the Government’s support of proposals to bring forward plans to create a third runway and sixth terminal at Heathrow and will give all possible support to councils, community groups and the Mayor in opposing them; noting BAA’s past assurances that building Terminal 5 would not lead to another runway; and the conclusions reached by the T5 planning inspector, Roy Vandermeer QC, in 2000, that a third main runway at Heathrow would have such severe and widespread impacts on the environment as to be totally unacceptable.”
For further information call John Stewart on 0207 737 6641 or 07957385650