Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan | Gatwick airport

Gatwick Airport’s second runway plan of £ 2.2 billion continued by Transportation Secretary Heidi Alexander.

In the specially finance project, the West Sussex Airport will move the emergency runway 12 meters north and allow it to be used for the separation of narrow -bodied planes such as the Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s.

This will allow it to be used for about 100,000 flights per year.

Alexander supported the plan as a “brainless ,, a source of government, claiming that flights could come out of the new full track before 2029.

Cabinet Minister is satisfied with the adjustments covering issues such as the proportion of passengers who go to the airport by noise reduction and public transport.

The Planning Inspectorate initially rejected the application of the airport and proposed to approve the project if changes were made earlier this year.

Gatwick said that his plans would create £ 1 billion per year for economic benefits and create 14,000 additional jobs.

A government source said to PA news agency: “Transport secretary cleared Gatwick’s expansion for departure.

“This government has taken unprepared steps to do so, and a stroll in an unnecessary complex planning system that our reforms will simplify in the future. Planes can leave a new full runway before the next general elections.

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

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