Summary
In the absence of any convincing data to explain how millions of extra passengers would get to the airport, Department for Transport (DfT) officials have glossed over concerns about congestion by inserting what they described as a "narrative" into the consultation paper that the Transport Secretary, Geoff Hoon, relied on to approve the new runway in January. The 2.0 03 Future of Air Transport white paper set out a "surface access condition", requiring improved public transport to offset the expected increase in road and rail congestion.
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The Should and Yes of Heathrow
The government used a piece of spin to pass the third of its own "strict environmental tests" for approving the Heathrow airport expansion, official documents obtained under the Freedom of Inf...
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