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Council 'isolated' in support for third runway
3:11pm Thursday 6th March 2008
Comments (2)The two million voices united in opposition against Heathrow expansion has gained a further ally - leaving Spelthorne Council further isolated in its support for a third runway.
Surrey County Council's executive said it cannot support any further expansion to Heathrow, believing measures to deal with environmental and transport issues must be agreed and put in place alongside any increase in flights.
David Munro, executive member for transport, said: "The immediate need is for investment to improve the quality of Heathrow, not the quantity of flights.
"The next most important thing is to invest in rail access so the airport is accessible from the rest of the country and not just London.
"We want the Government to commit to addressing and funding these as well as measures for dealing with the impact on the road network."
Surrey County Council said it recognised the "considerable contribution" Heathrow makes to the national and regional economy and accepted the need for further investment to maintain its preeminent position.
Peter Martin, executive member for the environment, said: "It is important the Government comes up with realistic proposals that really address the environmental issues around noise, air quality, and greenhouse gases, rather than relying on as yet undeveloped technological solutions.
"We also want to see the interests of those directly affected by the proposals such as in Sipson properly and sympathetically addressed."
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maxine, sipson says...
3:48pm Fri 7 Mar 08
A country with no human rights given to the families children and old people no right to family life.
Are we talking about China, or a third world country struggling to feed starving people or another country with bad record on human of rights records?
No we are talking about England.
I live in Sipson village under the shadow of government's almighty Airport expansion. I am a women bringing up 2 children in a situation I never thought possible in England. I look around and ask in a country that gives opportunity to every nationality turning up on our doorstep. Human rights to terrorists, murderers, rapists and child molesters what have I done.
My crime is living in sipson village, we don't have human rights it's not in our government's policy to give human rights to families that get in their way.
But the policy of this country to take your home and your land to let foreign companies & industry make billions of pounds from our misery.
At present this has cost us our family life, Worry and distress .
We want to be treated fairly an open market price without government backing would mean these companies that are due to make multi million's of pounds would have to participate in proper compensation level's.
As it stands the money they would offer us falls far short. We cannot afford to move into another village and my husband would have to use a car spending money on petrol and his time to travel. Why should struggling families have to pay and suffer while this government gives foreign companies the right to profit from us.
This is wrong let this be a warning to every family in this country that this government is putting profit's of foreign companies before families. And as a local of Sipson a mother of 2 children and proud to stand up against injustice I will fight till the end.
Mrs M J Payne
Wife of a Very upset & stressed airport worker.
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10:40am Fri 7 Mar 08