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U.K. prime minister, David Cameron has insisted that the London Mayor Boris Johnson is wrong to dismiss an option of third runway at Heathrow and he will not be given a veto on this critical issue.
London’s status study as a hub for international travel will consider options including upgrading Heathrow Airport via the construction of four new runways above the M25 motorway, in addition to long-standing plans such as an island terminal in the Thames estuary.
Heathrow attracted 69.4 million passengers last year and is operating close to capacity. The Policy Exchange initiative would increase the limit to 130 million people a year.
Heathrow Airport’s chairman, Sir Howard Davies has told the construction of a third runway at Heathrow to the north would be evaluated, with more novel options such as linking Cardiff Airport in Wales to London via a high-speed rail line. The plan to expand Heathrow to the west, proposed last month by the Policy Exchange research group, entails building three-kilometre runways over the M25 and Wraysbury reservoir, reducing the impact on housing.
However, the Conservative mayor of London has opposed any new runway at an existing site and favours construction of a new hub on a sandbank in the Thames estuary and warned that the Tories would suffer if they had not ruled out the controversial move before the next general election.
Mr. Cameron criticizes Mr. Johnson for threatening to undermine a review into the future of airports and said: “In the end the decision is a national decision that the government has to lead.”
And added it was “not right” that he only wanted his options considered.
He has said: “What I would say to Boris, what I have said to Boris is that for the first time a government has properly put all the options, including estuary options, on the table
“Boris is passionate about the idea of an estuary airport.
“Now he has a forum in which to put forward his arguments in a way that he hasn’t in the past.”
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