Third runway and new terminal for Heathrow
The BBC are reporting;
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has set out proposals for a third runway and a sixth terminal at Heathrow.
Announcing options for consultation, she said without growth the airport's status would suffer, but any expansion must meet noise and pollution tests.
Among options are a 2,200m third runway built north of Heathrow by 2020, and a sixth terminal, which will require the destruction of an entire village.
Critics say more than 50 communities and towns will suffer increased noise.
The new runway would be built north of the A4, and allow the airport to handle about 700,000 take-offs and landings a year by 2030. Currently there are 480,000 a year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7106524.stm
In view of how long St Pancras took to open (20 years), should we reframe from holding our breath during the "consultation period"?