Jack H
It's a stupid idea, and, the promised *private investment* rarely appears. It would be easier, cheaper and far more sensible to build a new hub, linking air, rail and road further north....
Anonymous
Investment has to be concentrated into the South East by the Tories. The Tories can't understand integrated transport, the fact that a High speed rail link is being built making it ideal to place an airport near that is totally beyond them - they probably plan on scrapping HS2 at some point though, when they've wasted enough money on nothing.
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I don't understand why people living around Heathrow will have to suffer additional noise and air pollution, and even have their homes eradicated, when a new hub could be built somewhere more central, possibly in the Midlands, with good rail and motorway links. Neither do I understand why Heathrow needs to be used for freight at all.