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Posted by jamie — 18 November 2009 at 5:07pm
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One of third runway architects Grimshaw's earlier works (photo by Mat Strange)
Even though it hasn't been officially
announced, it's been widely
reported that architectural firm Grimshaw has won the bid to design the
third runway at Heathrow. How much design a strip of tarmac needs I don't know,
but presumably there's more to it than my ignorant assumptions suggest.
Grimshaw are, of course, the firm behind such
eco-hits as the Eden Project and the firm's chairman Sir Nicholas Grimshaw has
something of a reputation for sustainable and environmentally considerate approaches
to architecture.
Posted by jamie — 22 October 2009 at 2:28pm
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Gatwick will shortly have a new owner. BAA is
selling the airport for much less than it originally hoped in order to reduce
the company's debt. But the new owners have already indicated they intend to
expand Gatwick as soon as possible, including a new second runway.
Global Infrastructure Partners, which has paid
much less than BAA wanted, want to give Gatwick a major make-over, including a
second runway. An injunction prevents them from doing this until 2019 at the
earliest, but GIP has suggested it will get planning applications sorted so a
new runway could be built as soon as possible.
Posted by jamie — 13 October 2009 at 4:45pm
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How the Sunday Times reported the story
'BAA
to give up on third runway' ran the headline in this weekend's Sunday Times and
with the recent good news about Kingsnorth delay, there was a moment when I
thought it was my Christmas and birthday presents rolled in to one. But unpick
the details and unfortunately it's not quite the prize it appears to be.
Posted by jamie — 6 October 2009 at 4:39pm
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Some promising news from the Tory party
conference in Manchester,
where they've pledged to dump plans for Heathrow's third runway as part of
their election campaign package. "We are absolutely firm on our opposition
to expansion at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted," shadow transport minister
Julian Brazier told the Evening
Standard today. "It will definitely be in the manifesto."
It's great to hear their commitment being
reaffirmed as it shows how isolated the government is on this issue. But
there's a long way to go between promising to include it in the election
manifesto, being able to form a government and then actually getting round to
reversing the decision. Reports from the conference say that the Heathrow
pledge in Theresa Villiers' speech received a polite smattering of applause,
but her promise to crackdown on cowboy clampers roused the audience further
still. Make of that what you will.
Posted by jamie — 26 August 2009 at 12:17pm
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For as long as it's been pushing for an expanded Heathrow, BAA has been making exaggerated claims about the environmental impacts of a third runway. Now they, along with aviation lobbying group Future Heathrow, have been hauled up by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for making "misleading" claims about the levels of dirt, noise and air pollution a new runway will generate.
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