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Heathrow boss calls for Burnham to get behind third runway scheme
He warned that investment could be lost overseas without a firm commitment to the construction of a new runway.
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investment → call → runway
But Mr Burnham has refused to confirm his support, saying it is subject to a consultation and then the planning process.
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it → refuse → consultation
Mr Woldbye told BBC Radio 4’s Today: “The most important thing here is what this project delivers for the UK, and I think seeing that, I hope the Prime Minister will come along.
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Minister → tell → that
He said it will provide a “huge economic boost” and offer opportunities such as apprenticeships, which correspond with “the priorities that this Government has set out”.
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Government → say → that
Mr Woldbye said the process is “ongoing”, adding: “When we get to the end of those processes, which will be sometimes towards the end of the year, it would be good to know where Government is on this.”
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Government → say → this
He warned that the planned investment in the £33 billion scheme could go overseas unless there is certainty.
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investment → warn → scheme
“Our private investors, if they cannot invest in Heathrow which they own, they don’t own any other airports in the UK, and there is no project like a Heathrow expansion, then that money will be invested somewhere else in the world, maybe in a motorway in Spain or a hospital in Italy,” he said.
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he → invest → Italy
Heathrow expects to submit a formal planning application “in the next couple of years”, he said.
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he → expect → years
“Right now the discussion with by far most of the people I speak to is not so much about if we’re going to do this, but more how we’re going to do it and get all the factors right.
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factors → speak → it
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“I hope we can stay on that path because I think it is really, really important for the UK to get this project built.”
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project → read → path
Giving evidence to MPs later, Mr Woldbye said: “There’s nothing of the size of Heathrow, and there’s nothing of the size of Heathrow that has the country-wide, UK-wide positive consequences.
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that → give → consequences
“Sixty percent of the economic benefit of a runway at Heathrow will be felt throughout the entire country.
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percent → feel → country
If you compare that with other projects, I don’t think that is the case.”
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that → compare → projects
He added the expansion was not just about a third runway “it is about renewing the entire airport and getting an airport that this country actually deserves”.
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country → add → that
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