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Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 20 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 January 2018. It was answered by Nusrat Ghani (Conservative) on Friday, 12 January 2018 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Heathrow Airport

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of expansion at Heathrow Airport on (a) passenger numbers on the Piccadilly Line and (b) congestion on the (i) strategic and (ii) local road network.

Answer

The Airports Commission undertook a range of detailed assessments to support its Final Report published in July 2015. The analysis included a detailed assessment of transport network impacts for each of the Commission’s three short-listed options.

Copies of the Commission’s Surface Access: Dynamic Modelling Report, it’s Local and Strategic Roads Modelling Study for the Heathrow Airport North West Runway Proposals, and the Commission’s Freight Impact Study were published alongside its Final Report, and are available online from the Commission website.

As part of the surface access requirements in the draft Airports National Policy Statement, Government has specified that any applicant for development consent should set out the mitigation measures that it considers are required to minimise and mitigate the effect of expansion on existing surface access arrangements.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
120577
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Construction Heathrow Airport Road traffic Piccadilly line
Link
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