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Government consults on Heathrow runway

[ February 2, 2017   //   Chris ]

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has launched a public consultation on a new runway, at Heathrow. It follows last October’s announcement a third runway at Heathrow was the Government’s preferred option for expanding airport capacity in south-east England.

Simultaneously, the Government published a draft national policy statement on new runway capacity and airport infrastructure in south-east England. Among many other issues, it pointed out the importance of airfreight is to the UK economy and that Heathrow is the UK’s biggest freight port by value.

It added that, by 2030, advanced manufacturing industries such as pharmaceuticals or chemicals, whose components and products are predominately moved by air, are expected to be among the top five UK export markets by their share of value.

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