Gatwick Airport is making the best of the government’s decision to choose Heathrow as the site for the South East’s new runway. It is still ready to step in at a moment’s notice if called upon by government to build a second runway.
Heathrow was chosen over Gatwick in late 2016…
The Liberal Democrat manifesto launched today has reiterated its opposition to any new runways in the south east of England, including Heathrow’s third runway.
Instead the Lib Dems propose to focus on improving regional airports such as Manchester and Birmingham. The manifesto pledges £100bn additional infrastructure investment. Rail electrification would continue…
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Business leaders have called on the next government to set up a new Airports Commission to choose more locations for two new runways immediately after the election.
In a pre-election manifesto paper called Let’s Push Things Forward, the Institute of Directors (IoD) argues that years of delays on a decision for…
Arup, Atkins and Jacobs have won places on a new five-year planning framework for Gatwick Airport, ahead of a £240M investment in the airport over the next year.
The firms will work on capacity assessments and look at how it can grow from its existing infrastructure. Work will include passenger and…
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The government has blamed the election for not publishing important documents during its Heathrow expansion consultation, just days after being accused of poor surface access planning.
The Department for Transport (DfT) was due to set out how updated passenger demand forecasts would affect the case for expansion “as soon as possible” during…
New statistics released today show that order books for civil engineering firms fell in the first quarter of 2017, the first such fall in four years.
The data from the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Workload Trends Survey found that on balance 9% of firms reported decreasing order books and only…
Crossrail 2 and Heathrow expansion should begin as soon as possible after the election, according to a major business group.
In its manifesto for the capital, business group London First calls on the next government to introduce a Crossrail 2 Bill as soon as possible to cope with a projected population…
Heathrow Airport has rubbished claims that the government is going cold on expansion, following national news reports that the third runway will not be included in the Conservatives’ manifesto.
According to The Sunday Telegraph, Heathrow expansion will be left out of the Conservatives’ manifesto due to pressure from Boris Johnson, a famous…
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