Steve on Heathrow

Steve spoke to the Ealing Gazette last week’s about the recent government announcement.  Here’s what he had to say:

There’s a powerful case to be made for a third runway that will end stacking over Ealing and see the end to proposals for mixed mode 7am-11pm over flights.

But there’s an even more powerful case to be made for domestic journeys to be made by train and for there to actually be some limits on the constant expansion of the airport.  I accept that the major pollutant in the area is traffic on the M4 and that there is some evidence that aircraft engines are becoming more fuel efficient, quieter and less prone to dump lethal quantities of chemicals into the air but I simply do not have faith in BAA to ever stop expansion while there is a blade of grass in west London.

Jobs are vitally important – but not at any cost – and while I appreciate the position that the Government must take in respect of the whole country, my views are very much those of a lifelong west London resident and they can’t count on my support in this matter any more that I trust the opposition to cancel the scheme, if they ever got into office.