RPS Report Examines Gatwick and Heathrow Options

Company RPS
Date 08.07.2016

RPS report compares environmental impacts of Gatwick and Heathrow runways.

RPS has been advising Gatwick Airport Limited since 2013 on the environmental appraisal of its second runway project.

The June 2016 RPS report on the environmental impacts of the Gatwick and Heathrow runways compares the environmental impacts of the Gatwick Second Runway and the Heathrow Northwest Runway options considered by the Airports Commission.

It highlights six areas including health impacts, nature conservation, air quality, noise, landscape and heritage where RPS believes the Commission underestimated the relative impact of the Heathrow option compared to Gatwick. David Cowan, RPS Managing Director – Planning and Environment says “It’s very clear that the Heathrow scheme has much bigger environmental impacts than Gatwick and if the Government chooses Heathrow we won’t know if it’s deliverable for some time. The Gatwick option does not have that problem and is the option that we know can deliver this much needed infrastructure.”

The report sets out in detail the environmental advantages of the Gatwick option.

Image: An airbus taxis along taxiway 26J to the terminal after landing on runway 26L at Gatwick as another airbus climbs away from take-off on the runway. © Copyright Robin Webster and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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