Air quality assessment confirms Heathrow can expand within environmental limits

Today’s announcement by the Airports Commission confirms that Heathrow can expand without exceeding air quality levels.

The Airports Commission’s report, published today, says that there are “no predicted exceedences of the air quality objective at any receptor location, in either the Do-Minimum or Heathrow NWR scenarios”. Heathrow has proposed a comprehensive air quality mitigation strategy for expansion, including an extensive surface access strategy which will limit airport-related road traffic, which will improve air quality further still.


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