The cost of expanding the Heathro Airport, the cost of £ 49bn, shows plans

Heathro Airport has given a description of its plan to expand and modernize the airport at a cost of £ 49bn.

Thomas WoldB, CEO of Heathro Airport, stated that the expansion was “necessary” because the airport was currently working on capacity, “for the loss of trade and connectivity”. The work will be funded by private finance.

The government has supported plans for a third runway, Chancellor Rachel Reavs said it would “make Britain the best associated place in the world to trade”.

However, plans face opposition from environmental groups, politicians and local people. London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan said it would have “noise, air pollution and our climate change goals with a serious impact”.

Plans come a day later Deadline set by government To submit a proposal for parties.

Heathrow’s plans, which estimates that it will be completed within a decade, includes:

• The construction of a third runway, called “North-Western Runway”, will be 3,500 meters (11,500 ft) long. Heathro Boss says that this will increase the capacity of 756,000 flights and 150 meters passenger in one year. Currently works about 84 meters
• Expands a new terminal, terminal 2 and three new satellite terminals called T5X. This will close the terminal 3
• Local railway connection, plus walk and cycling routes
• The turn of M25, which will include a new road tunnel under the airport, and widening the motorway between junctions 14-15
• Construction of two new Heathro Parkway
• Heathrow’s bus and coach stations improve

Heathro said that it would cost £ 21BN to build the third runway, with the purchase of land, replacing the M25 and other affiliated infrastructure costs would have to be replaced, while the new terminal would be £ 12BN and the current airport infrastructure will be modernized. Due to rounding, it will be a total of £ 49bn.

A spokesman said that the schemes will increase by 0.43% GDP in the UK economy.

The schemes stated by Heathro were welcomed by business groups and airline companies.

A joint statement by the British Industry’s Confederation, the British Chambers of Commerce, Mekuk, Federation of Small Business and Institute of Directors said it was “an investment in the future of the nation”.

It states: “The benefits are obvious: for exporters, it opens significant access to major and emerging markets; for visitors, it increases global and domestic connectivity; and for businesses, for businesses, it unlocks billions in private investment, strengthens supply chains, constructs jobs across the country.”

John Dicky, Chief Executive Officer of BusinessLDN, said that as the airport was currently working with full capacity, expansion businesses would “support better connectivity to foreign markets and the development of Britain”.

He said that it will also help in achieving the government’s target of 50 million international visitors per year in the UK.

Mr. Woldby said that the submission of Heathro had become pure zero by 2050 with the target of the aviation industry.

He said that Heathro was “airport in the world with the highest uplift of the permanent aviation fuel, and that the plan would be allowed by the government until the legal limitations of emissions are followed.

However, the schemes were severely criticized by groups who called environmental justification for plans as “optimistic marketing spin”.

Greenpeace UK Policy Director Dr. Douglas Parr said that the government has “re -decided so far that more leave opportunities should be given priority for the small group that fly repeatedly, while the rest of us will have to live with the consequences of their inconsistent pollution”.

He suggested “frequent flying levies”, and said that there should be no expansion until the “pollution problem” is resolved.

His concerns were echoed by politicians, including Sir Sadiq, who said that he remained “unrelated” that hundreds of additional flights would not have “extremely harmful” effects every year.

He said that the city hall “carefully check” effects will be on the people living in the field and “our transport infrastructure will be on the huge knock-on effects, which would require a wide and cost plan to manage”.

A spokesperson of the Liberal Democrat said: “Heathro is already the largest pollutant in the UK, and the Climate Change Committee has said that the expansion will put the UK climate goals at risk.

He said, “It is also clear that we cannot rely on the silver pellet of sustainable aviation fuel to save the day,” he said.

Green Party deputy leader, Zac Plankasky, said the schemes were being given “regardless of” the environmental impact.

He said, “If Labor’s environmental commitments were worth the paper on which they were written, these proposals would never have seen the light of the day,” he said.

Local residents living in Hormondsworth near the airport, Told BBC earlier this year If the third runway progressed, one third of the village would have been destroyed.

Follow Heathro’s plans Publication of a rival proposal By the Arora Group, which underlined a way to expand the airport without the need to redirect the M25.

Group owner, Hotel Tycoon Surinder Arora said, under the construction of a third runway and a new terminal, under their plans, the cost was estimated under £ 25BN, not including redevelopment of the current central region of the airport.

The proposal significantly does not include an expensive change in the M25, as the group stated that it was possible to construct a third runway in the 3,500-meter (11,500 ft) runway employed by the airport.

The Arora Group stated that its plan, called Heathro West, can operate a new runway completely by 2035, while a new terminal will open in two phases in 2036 and 2040.

Asked about the additional expenses of replacing the M25 to adjust a new, third runway, the CEO of Heathro said: “The entire conversation about M25 has become a bit exaggerated”, and this disintegration will be minimal for drivers.

“We will build a new and much better M25, 100 meters (330 ft) to the west of the present one. It will be widespread and it will be safe and more capacity,” Mr. WoldB said.

He said that plans to create a very small runway to avoid moving the M25 – such as a one proposed by the Arora Group – would not provide the ability that we need and airlines “, but said that the airport would be open to discuss with the airlines about the construction of a small runway if it can give the same benefits.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said two proposals were “an important step to unlock development, build jobs and give important national infrastructure”.

“We will carefully consider the proposals in summer so that we can start reviews Airport national policy description At the end of this year, “he said.

BBC London political editor Carl Marser said: “History is not kind to plan for the construction of the third runway, which has put them forward, and whatever color the government is in power.

“Gordon Brown’s Labor Government supported Heathro expansion in 2009 – It did not happen,

“Then during the reign of Orthodox Theresa May in 2018, MPs voted Heavy in support of a third runway – only for a chain Court challenges And then covid to eliminate those plans.

“There are a lot of labor MPs in the capital who are still strongly opposed to expansion – 28 last voted against it and most are still at home.

“The interest of the bidder is only half the battle – the hardest half will be distributed.”