This all presupposes that the Governement "of the day" will run with Davies !
Heathrow Expansion ;
Lib dems are against
Conservative lukewarm
Labour well God knows
UKIP Against (I have included as they could severely dent Liberals/Tory vote)
If the flooding issue goes badly for the present Government as the New Orleans Hurricane did for George Bush what then.
Could be a real mish mash !
Of course it is possible that Davies would be ignored after 2015, fantastic waste of taxpayers' money (no change there) if this does turn out be the case.
However, Skipness's "follow the money" advice is sensible and makes good sense.
Be in doubt that UKIP will take votes from Labour as well as Con-Lib, it's just that Labour haven't woken up to this yet, but the main point is that the Heathrow issue is not going to determine any election results, and no seats, even those around Heathrow, will change hands because of it.
Isn't the flooding near Wraysbury a bit close for comfort, especially if land to North is reclaimed as it will be !
According to the BBC flood alert The Riverside cargo centre is surrounded by "the possibility" of flooding that's only 500yds from T5.
It will concentrate minds if expansion happens, everything will that little bit higher than originally planned. Chances are that the airport authorities will have chat with their counterparts at Schiphol.
Was there not talk of removing reservoirs as well ?
Yes, (1) for the original scheme of four rwys to the immediate west of Heathrow, (2) for Jock Lowe's idea to double the length of both rwys and use them as four rwys, and (3) for Heathrow Airport Ltd's own "south west rwy" proposal.
However for the Commission's option of extending only 09R/27L does not involve reservoir demolition.