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\u00a0<\/b>Airports Commission:\u00a0 Third Runway will cost up to \u00a34 billion more than Heathrow Airport estimates<\/b><\/p>\n
The public consultation document issued by the Airports Commission this morning argues that a third runway at Heathrow will cost up to \u00a34 billion more than the Airport has estimated.\u00a0 A second runway at Gatwick would also be more expensive that its promoters claim but would cause far fewer noise problems than Heathrow\u2019s third runway.\u00a0 Expansion at Heathrow would do more for the national economy but a second runway at Gatwick would also deliver considerable economy benefits.<\/p>\n
\u00a0HACAN chair John Stewart said, \u201cBoth Gatwick and Heathrow are very much in the running.\u00a0 In the end of the day it will come down to political deliverability.\u00a0\u00a0 A new runway at either airport would boost the economy but the report underscores the fact the noise at Gatwick would affect far fewer people.\u00a0 For politicians, that could be the clincher.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n On 3 December 2014 will be holding a public session near Heathrow where the consultation document will be debated. \u00a0Entry will be by ticket only. The Commission will announce shortly how to register.<\/p>\n The consultation ends on 3rd<\/sup> February.\u00a0 The Airports Commission is due to deliver its final report in July next year, two months after the General Election.<\/p>\n ENDS<\/b><\/p>\n For more information:<\/b>\u00a0 John Stewart on 0207 737 6641 OR 07957385650<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Press Release \u00a011\/11\/14 for immediate use \u00a0Airports Commission:\u00a0 Third Runway will cost up to \u00a34 billion more than Heathrow Airport estimates The public consultation document issued by the Airports Commission this morning argues that a third runway at Heathrow will cost up to \u00a34 billion more than the Airport has estimated.\u00a0 A second runway at … Continue reading “Heathrow or Gatwick: “In the end of the day, it will come down to political deliverability””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}