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47 Planes a minute overhead, at 2,000 feet in Ealing/Acton! - Object NOW before 13 Sept:-

If you haven’t already responded to Heathrow’s Consultation on a Third Runway, please send a short email message by Friday 13 September 2019 to feedback@heathrowconsultation.com from your home postal address, saying for example a simple  “I am opposed to the expansion of Heathrow Airport “ And adding one or more of the following that affect you:-It would bring many more planes over where I liveIt would bring many more planes over where I workThere would be aircraft noise overhead all the time, every dayI would be woken every morning by aircraft noise from 6amIt would cause increased pollution over the London areaThe air quality where I and my family live would be reduced from its present already poor levelI have asthma and the increased pollution caused by more aircraft would make it worseIt would cause the destruction of Harmondsworth and Longford villagesOver 750 homes would have to be demolished, and many more homes would become uninhabitable because of the noise and pollutionIt will alter the character of the whole of West London when the airport takes over all the land it says it needs for the third runway and associated airport use I will not be able to get on to the already overcrowded Piccadilly Line trains for my commute to and from workAny other comments you may wish to raise yourself and, of course, use your own wording and circumstances.And not to mention of course the drastic devaluation of your home if you're lucky enough to own one, after working hard all your life.Please note that The Department for Transport will take account of the actual number of responses, so it is important that we should all send our own response.   If you have neighbours or friends who share the same concerns, do please pass this message on to them ASAP..And then pat yourself on the back for getting off your backside and actually doing something - Strength In Numbers folks!     :-)

Rosco White ● 2343d4 Comments

Bugger, and you can't edit this steam driven software.Yerright Mr Goodman!  47 planes per Hour.Give or take.

Rosco White ● 2343d

I’d say road transport is of more economic benefit to most people in the UK than air travel. Arguing that we should ditch our cars to save the environment but at the same time encouraging a huge increase in flights is contradictory to say the least.Of course, the UK is trying to claim the high moral ground by trying to force drivers off the roads when realistic alternatives just aren’t available. Have you tried catching a bus in rural areas.The UK contributes around 1% of global greenhouse emissions. Cutting that to zero tomorrow will not make one jot of difference as most developing countries, and nearly all developed ones, are actively increasing emissions. Nobody looks to the UK as an exemplar any more, and it’s a delusion to think they do.And supporting the expansion of Heathrow simply negates the environmental arguments being promoted by supposedly green politicians.

Simon Hayes ● 2343d

Forget the jobs and economy boost?Absolutely.We live in one of the most polluted cities in Europe and an increase in car traffic let alone tonnes more aviation fuel exhaust will do nothing to improve the situation.Soemtimes people matter far more than profits generated for a Spanish airport owner.

N V Brooks ● 2343d

47 planes a minute?!I think you had your footage running back on fast forward x25Forget the jobs and economy boost.

Colin Goodman ● 2343d