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Battle begins over third runway at Heathrow
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by Amy Judd | January 10, 2009 at 05:00 pm
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The final decision as to whether Heathrow will add a third runway will happen in a few days, but the real battle is just beginning.
Gordon Brown will make the announcement whether the runway is a go ahead, and it will no doubt lead to fighting between politicians, businessmen and environmentalists and even residents that live near the airport.
Labour MPs disagree with Conservative MPs, while some business men believe that the runway will bring economic prosperity to the area, while others think it will be better to have an expansion at Stansted airport, or even build a new airport.
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Environmentalists are expected to step up their demonstrations against the environmental damage a third runway could cause.
Militant protests against the expansion at Heathrow may begin as early as tomorrow. Climate Rush, a leading protest group, is planning a "peaceful" event at Terminal 1 from 7pm, but there are fears this could escalate.
BAA, the airport operator, is increasingly confident that the Government will approve the new £13 billion runway at Heathrow airport, which currently handles 67 million passengers a year.
The political battle in the run-up to the decision has been intense for both main parties. On the Government side, it has long been clear that Mr Brown would back the scheme, which chimes with his drive to boost the flagging economy with a series of job-creating "public works" schemes.
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Amy Judd
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at 19:53 on January 10th, 2009
Its a "slam dunk" (is that the correct US phrase?) - a "done deal"! I think its preposterous! Planes come over my bedroom window from five in the morning, and Im in Camberwell a long way from Heathrow! The British airports strategy is a non=strategy. The government are complete cowards and have never really thought through what the are doing. They always do things when it is far too late. Stanstead and Gatwick would be far better choices: Gatwick is always snow free when Heahrow gets immobilised. But they should have relocated to the Thames estuary years ago. (I must stop before I throw in the expleetives!)