AFP, London :
Britain should build a third runway at London Heathrow airport to ease congestion, a government-appointed commission recommended on Wednesday despite opposition from environmentalists and London mayor Boris Johnson.
The runway would cost o17.6 billion (24.8 billion euros, $27.6 billion), but would generate up to o147 billion over 60 years and create more than 70,000 jobs by 2050, the commission said in a long-awaited report.
The report said Heathrow could provide “urgently required” capacity, but added that a rival bid for a second runway at Gatwick airport was also “plausible.”
Britain should build a third runway at London Heathrow airport to ease congestion, a government-appointed commission recommended on Wednesday despite opposition from environmentalists and London mayor Boris Johnson.
The runway would cost o17.6 billion (24.8 billion euros, $27.6 billion), but would generate up to o147 billion over 60 years and create more than 70,000 jobs by 2050, the commission said in a long-awaited report.
The report said Heathrow could provide “urgently required” capacity, but added that a rival bid for a second runway at Gatwick airport was also “plausible.”
