Engineers have been working day and night after more than 100,000 homes were left without power, roads were closed and trains and flights were cancelled as swathes of the UK were submerged in snow and ice yesterday (Monday).
Four London councils have joined forces to back Gatwick’s bid for expansion instead of its rival Heathrow, as part of the transport committee’s inquiry into the government’s airport plans.
Bam Nuttall has landed a £50M contract to build a 7.5ha concrete deck at London City Airport, New Civil Engineer can reveal.
Bechtel has been appointed to deliver the £180M Pier 6 extension at Gatwick Airport.
National Infrastructure Commission chairman Lord Adonis has urged Heathrow and the government to commit to expansion-related public transport proposals by January, at the same time as the airport’s third runway plans have come under fresh pressure.
Funding for Heathrow expansion could be in jeopardy after British Airways (BA) chief executive Willie Walsh threatened to expand the airline at other London airports due to Heathrow’s higher landing charges.
New images of what London City Airport will look like after a £400M revamp have been released .
A year to the day after the government gave Heathrow expansion the green light, it reopened the public consultation to take into account updated information on, among other issues, air quality impacts.
Heathrow’s third runway could harm efforts to stay under European Union air pollution limits, a report published by the government has warned.
Heathrow’s attempts to shave £6bn from its £17bn expansion plans have pushed the project back until at least December, as potential strike action adds a new threat to expansion.
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