fdfrank: can't agree. another rwy at lhr is wrong on so many counts; consideration for residents, wasted expenditure by demolition/rebuilding on a grand scale of recently completed infrastructure, eg m 25 between juncs 15 and 14, and a ginormous waste treatment plant to name just two, considerable congestion on m25 during years of reconstruction and forever afterwards, I could go on... as I trundled round m25 yesterday afternoon at 5 to 10 mph from junc 12 to junc 15 I wished I had sir howard davies and his merry team with me to witness what happens on a normal day before a brick has been laid.
turns out the delay was due to a solitary small panel van stopped in lane 2 and roped off. no signs of an accident, no one in attendance. meanwhile thousands of vehicles confined to 2 lanes miles back.