Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary

While the government was looking for economic growth opportunities, Transportation Secretary Heidi Alexander approved a second runway plans at the London Gatwick Airport.

The project, which is specially financed by £ 2.2 billion, includes other developments, including expanding the size of the terminals, including the existing north track to use 12 meters regularly.

The airport says plans will bring business and increase the local economy. However, there have been opposition for campaigns and groups for a long time, worried about the environmental impact.

Gatwick is currently making about 280,000 flights a year. He says the plan will allow this number to increase to 389,000 until the end of the 2030s.

A government source described plans as “brainless for growth” and added, “aircraft can come out of a new full track in Gatwick before the next general election.”

London Gatwick in West Sussex is now the most busiest in Europe with more than 40 million passengers every year.

The plans approved by Mrs. Alexander would involve 40,000 flights before the second track was opened and completely 70,000 more – almost 190 – a day.

The airport says passenger numbers can rise up to 80 million.

Currently, the northern track is currently only used as a taxi or backup.

The second runway would be used for short -distance flights and the capacity would be released for longer -distance services than the main runway.

The decision to approve the expansion plan was expected in February, but at that time, the transport secretary said only to “consent to consent” for the north track planning application.

Planning Inspectors expressed their concerns about the impact of proposals on various aspects, including traffic and noise in the area surrounding the airport.

In April, the Gatwick Airport agreed to have 54% of air passengers using public transport before opening the northern track, which is an advanced insulation plan for nearby residents.

In order to achieve this goal, the airport, Gatwick Express railway service, all the example of restore, including third parties, including third parties, “the necessary conditions and improvements to achieve this goal should support the presentation,” he said.

Before Covid-19 pandemi, Gatwick Express released a service of four uninterrupted trains between the airport and London Victoria, which was downloaded to two trainings per hour from 2022.

Gatwick Airport suggested a car border on the road if a 54% target before the first use of the northern track to relieve possible road congestion concerns.

The authority added that if neither the target nor the road limit cannot be met, the track plans will be postponed until the necessary 350 million pounds of road improvements are completed.

“This will ensure that any additional road traffic flow can be met and any blockage will be prevented.” He said.

“This government has taken unprecedented steps to do so, and a stroll in an unnecessary complex planning system that our reforms will simplify in the future.” He said.

“Any airport expansion should be delivered in line with our legally binding climate change commitments and meet strict environmental requirements.”

However, there is a strong opposition to any expansion from climate campaigns.

Following the news that the Transport Secretary approved the Gatwick’s expansion plan, the new Green Party leader Zack Polanski said it was a “disaster for a climate crisis”.

“We need airport expansion to improve sustainable transportation such as trains and money immediately to the end,” accommodation spokesman Hannah Lawrence said. He said.

In February, Greenpeace England Policy Director Douglas Parr said the extension will not provide economic growth. “Air pollution, noise and climate emissions.”

Central Left Thought Alex Chapman at the New Economy Foundation of the New Economy Foundation argued that the movement would not create new jobs, but would slide them from other parts of the country.

“People can already travel for cheap flights or work on holiday.”

The Union Union Union Secretary General Sharon Graham supported that Gatwick had a second runway, but warned that “good -wage, unionized jobs and appropriate facilities for the workers and appropriate facilities”.

Gatwick Noise Emissions (Cagne) President of the Communities Sally Pavey, “Uncontrolled noise, roads on roads, decrease in air quality … and climate change,” he said.

“We cannot ignore climate change, and it would be wrong to allow a new ‘bucket and rowing’ runway at the expense of residents and the economy.” He said.

The authority added that if the group continues to expand, it will take legal action through a judicial examination.

Gatwick’s is the last of a series of airport expansion approval, Luton last June.

The government also expressed support for a third runway at the country’s largest airport, HeathrowBut this would be a much more complex, costly and controversial project.