tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post6773521772085409534..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Heathrow Expansion - Labour MPs CONNEDTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-86618954022699021262018-06-25T16:57:09.699+01:002018-06-25T16:57:09.699+01:00@3
Corollary of that is that Heathrow will want t...@3<br /><br />Corollary of that is that Heathrow will want to secure a decent return on that expenditure, and so will prioritise traffic that generates more income - which won't be to and from Liverpool and Newquay.<br />Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-55432689190235692652018-06-25T15:29:38.232+01:002018-06-25T15:29:38.232+01:00The difference between LHR investment and non-Lond...The difference between LHR investment and non-London airport investment is that LHR expansion is being paid for by Heathrow Airport Limited and its shareholders, not by government. <br /><br />That doesn't make it a ~good~ thing, but there's a very obvious difference between "allowing a private company planning permission to spend GBP15bn on a thing" and "spending GBP15bn on a thing".john bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784096180652522939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-78820628732736858752018-06-25T14:42:23.380+01:002018-06-25T14:42:23.380+01:00We don't need an expanded Heathrow. It only pa...We don't need an expanded Heathrow. It only passes pollution tests by writing off all the gains from cleaner quieter planes. The only reason it is proposed, rather than say investment in Manchester is because the political classes seem incapable of seeing anything beyond London. Improved connections across the North building HSRail links from Liverpool and across to Hull and Newcastle plus investment in Liverpool and Manchester airports and links between would deliver more for less money than Heathrow expansion and HS2.ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850994383482463103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-83877627593849989092018-06-25T13:08:05.230+01:002018-06-25T13:08:05.230+01:00Point of Order - Leeds Bradford already has a LHR ...Point of Order - Leeds Bradford already has a LHR service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com