Transport secretary Geoff Hoon says government needs more time to consider evidence over controversial airport expansion.
The government’s decision on whether to build a third runway at Heathrow has been postponed until January 2009.
A consultation was expected to report on whether work on the runway – which would be ready by 2020 – should begin this year. The scheme would take Heathrow’s capacity from 480,000 flights a year to more than 700,000.
Today, the transport secretary, Geoff Hoon, said the decision had been delayed to allow proper consideration of the evidence. Read more…
