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Heidi alexander traffic secretary in the UK has hinted that within a few weeks she will approve the second runway in Gatwick if the airport makes two changes in its plans because the government is betting on the great expansion of London airports to increase economic growth.
Alexander said she was bothered by the plans if the airport agreed to stronger goals access to public transport at the airport and quickly implement the noise alleviation scheme.
The Planning Inspectorate Report on Thursday recommended a refusal GatwickThe original application, but unusually she said she would approve the application if the two changes were made.
On Thursday, Alexander gave Gatwick a deadline from April 24th. Gatwick did not immediately respond to the request for comment on the proposed changes in government changes in the building plan of £ 2.2 billion.
The project would significantly expand the capacity by moving an emergency strap at the second British airport 12 meters to the north. Moving would put enough space between the strap and an existing runway so that both can act at the same time.
The project could see the aircraft from the other runway until the end of the current Parliament 2029.
Gatwick, about 30 miles south of Central London, said that the other full-time runway would allow up to 75 million passengers a year to reach a record 46.5 million passengers who used the airport by the end of the 2030s.
The planning inspectorate requested that Gatwick adopt a legally binding goal of at least 54 percent of passengers who come to the airport annually by public transport.
Gatwick had previously claimed that he did not want the target to be legally binding. Both sides will now seek a compromise that could stop a legally binding goal at that level.
The planning inspectorate also asked Gatwick to modify his original plan for a noise mitigation plan to be delivered in gradual stages. Officials expect the airport to agree to faster delivery to fulfill this demand.
The airport presented its plan as a relatively indispensable and low risk way to add a new runway to the London airport capacity, as most of the work would take place within its existing borders.
But the local campaign said they would challenge any decision in favor of a new runway on Gatwick on the courts, which would cause prospects for the court audit in Alexander’s decision.
Rachel Reeves said last month that flights could take off from the new Heathrow Third Pista “within a decade” As she supported a long -lasting and political disputed project.
The chancellor said in speech that the spread of Heathrow “would unlock further growth, increase investment, increase exports and make Britain more open and more connected.”
The administration of the only British airport for the hub has committed to presenting detailed proposals for a long -term project by this summer.
However, some work lawmakers remain skeptical of how much the likelihood of being the third runway, with the planning authorization a little likely to be approved by the end of the current Parliament 2029.
Alexander should rule the spread of spread at Luton airport, north of London, in the coming weeks.
Whitehall’s officials said he wanted to approve Luton’s spread – which does not include a new runway but will include the construction of new infrastructure and terminal capacities and taxi drivers – as long as they can get rid of the noise over the Chiltern Hills.
London Standstad and the city airports have been approved by their own plans to spread.
Together, the expanded airports could deal with passengers of 309 million annually – an increase of 85 percent to 167 million, which used them in 2023, the last year for which complete data was available, according to the Analysis of the Financial Times.
Reeves said last month that the expansion of the airport is compatible with the Government’s legal binding net zero 2050 goal, pointing to “cleaner and greener flying” through the so -called sustainable airline.
However, climate groups claimed that such an increase in the number of passengers would be incompatible with the aim of 2050, given the difficulties in the decarbonisation of aviation.
