Third runway judicial review next week
17.02.10
A legal challenge to the Government decision to back a third runway at Heathrow Airport will be heard at the High Court starting next Tuesday (February 23). A coalition of councils, green groups and local campaigners have teamed up to fight for the judicial review. They argue that the decision to approve the runway is fundamentally flawed, and claims by the Government that along with a sixth terminal it would not breach air and noise quality limits do not add up.
Lawyers representing the coalition will argue that the decision, which the Government announced in January last year, is fundamentally different from the proposals on which it originally consulted in 2005, meaning the consultation was flawed and the decision unlawful.
The coalition also believes the economic case for the runway is flawed, and that the Government failed to properly consider how the millions of extra passengers generated by the runway would access the airport. The Piccadilly line, for example, would not be able to cope and expensive transport upgrades may be required - but they were not considered in the consultation.
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