Originally Posted by
eggc
I'm surprised people excited by this to be honest. The public consultation will be nasty, the eco-warriors will join in, politicians will not all support it, MAG threatening legal action, LGW will maybe follow suit...this is just the start of more decades of wrangling...no way will this runway be built by 2025, not a chance.
Public consultation will most probably consist of the Government publishing its proposal in the form of the NPS and then seeking written responses on it. The final version, taking account of responses will get published later next year and then parliament will debate it and vote on it. The majority of MPs in the House of Commons support the expansion of Heathrow so it will pass. It will then be in the hands of the Planning Inspector to decide whether the proposals are appropriate or not.
MAG would be foolish to sue and the Swampy's of this world will no doubt try and chain themselves to various trees. It did no good in the end trying to stop Manchester's second runway and will have little chance of greater success at Heathrow. Boris may even turn up to lie in front of a bulldozer too, but I suspect there would be a long line of people offering to drive the machinery...