THE British International Freight Association (BIFA) has
welcomed the ruling by the High Court in London against campaigners challenging
the legality of the UK government's decision to allow a third runway at
Heathrow Airport
BIFA's director general, Robert Keen, hoped that the ruling would help bring the debate on
Heathrow expansion closer to an end.
However, he added that, "whilst
some have said that the ruling is another important step towards bringing fifty
years of indecision and delay on expanding Heathrow to a welcome close, the
likelihood of further legal challenges to an extra runway emerging still leaves
me with a certain sense of foreboding whether the spades will ever hit the
ground.
"Any further legal challenges
need to be handled robustly and need to be accompanied by an expedited planning
procedure, which has been mentioned previously, with no reopening of high level
arguments."
For several years, the trade
association that represents UK freight forwarding and logistics businesses has
welcomed plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, and criticised the years
of argument and delay.
Mr Keen concludes: "It would be
nice to think that the ruling is a further nail in the coffin of
procrastination over the expansion of UK aviation capacity. If that is the
case, it is long overdue good news for our 1,500 member companies who have been
dismayed over the ongoing delay on such a huge issue."
Source : HKSG.
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