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Stop the Heathrow expansion madness
June 9, 2003 12:00 AM
Sarah Ludford, LibDem Euro-MP for London and Susan Kramer joined GLA candidate and Hillingdon councillor Mike Cox in a march and demonstration against a proposed third runway at Heathrow.
Said Sarah:
"The Government should not be promoting airport expansion in the South East until all the other options have been fairly explored, including investing in high speed rail and taxing aviation properly.
"Alistair Darling has seen the light (or so he says) in accepting that a 'predict and provide' policy for road-building is a dead end. But on aviation, there seems to be a blinkered attitude due to the cosiness with BA and BAA which prevents such insight.
"At Heathrow, it would be totally unacceptable to demolish hundreds of homes for a third runway and blight thousands through noise pollution. In addition, it would be a gross breach of trust, because the government previously accepted that terminal 5 would not mean a third runway."
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