The surest sign that a runway expansion in the 9th Circle of Hell is about to be given the green light
It's generally agreed that WRATH is likely to go ahead whether or not Heathrow expansion happens, so the implication that Network Rail has somehow been given the nod doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.
The article appeared in Construction News 6 weeks ago, by the way, so their prediction that R3 is "about to be given the green light" seems to have been a tad premature.