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Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: mhm on May 10, 2013, 06:16:16 AM
The government should reject the "Boris Island" Thames Estuary airport plan and expand Heathrow instead, a report by MPs has said.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has argued for a new hub airport in the Thames Estuary.
Yet the House of Commons Transport Committee warned it would be hugely expensive.
The mayor insists London needs a new airport and the only possible place is east of London.
But the report also warned the new airport could mean the closure of Heathrow and could harm estuary wildlife
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22469502