Mayor wants to shut Heathrow
London’s mayor Boris Johnson has proposed shutting down Heathrow airport in the northwest of the city, said to be the busiest in the world, and building a new 24-hour airport on an artificial island in the Thames estuary off the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.
The new airport could be the solution to the overcrowding at Heathrow, and end conflict between the government and environmentalists over the proposed third runway for Heathrow, the mayor has said.
The proposed airport would have four runways, and this capacity could be expanded to six if required, a report in the Sunday Times said. Passengers would be transported to and from central London on high-speed trains in about 35 minutes, and luggage could be checked in at the railway station.
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The new airport could be the solution to the overcrowding at Heathrow, and end conflict between the government and environmentalists over the proposed third runway for Heathrow, the mayor has said.
The proposed airport would have four runways, and this capacity could be expanded to six if required, a report in the Sunday Times said. Passengers would be transported to and from central London on high-speed trains in about 35 minutes, and luggage could be checked in at the railway station.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.asianage.com
Labels: artificial island, conflict, environmentalists, Heathrow airport, Kent, London, London’s mayor Boris Johnson, passengers, runway, shutting down, Thames estuary
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