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Government Plans for Third Runway at Heathrow slammed
January 15, 2009 2:00 PM
The Government has finally announced its backing for the building of the third runway and a 6th terminal.
"The impact of this decision is even more keenly felt for us in Hammersmith as the approach to the new runway will likely be over King Street and Chiswick High Road" says Merlene Emerson, Lib Dem Parliamentary spokeswoman for Hammersmith and a long term campaigner against Heathrow expansion in SW London.
Merlene continues: "We are not convinced that the economic case has been made out especially in the current global economic downturn and taking into consideration the huge subsidies currently given to the aviation industry."
West London European spokeswoman for the LibDems, Dinti Batstone, was equally adamant declaring:
"LibDems in the European Parliament are taking the fight against the third runway to Brussels. The Government must not defy EU air and noise pollution limits which protect our quality of life. Only the Liberal Democrats have campaigned consistently at local, national and European level to stop the third runway".
Leading the Liberal Democrat challenge to the expansion of Heathrow is Susan Kramer MP for Richmond Park:
"We will never give up this battle. We will use every weapon in the armoury including taking the Government to court. The battles for quality of life in our area and on climate change are simply too important for us to give up. The Government brought this fight to us, but they will regret it".
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