Windsor meetings on Heathrow expansion – afternoon & evening of Tuesday 20th January
The West Windsor Residents Association (WWRA) and Old Windsor Residents
Associations are holding Open Public Meetings on Tuesday 20th January at Windsor
Racecourse starting at 2.30pm and 7.30 pm. The aim is to inform local residents about the probably disastrous effects of extra runway capacity on life locally. Also to empower people to take action that will help to influence relevant decision makers, and ensure their voice is heard in the debate – above the noise from Heathrow, and big business. There will be presentations from local experts on noise, housing, transport, health. Those who are able to attend the afternoon session are asked to do so, in order to leave space in the evening for people who work in the daytime. There is the prospect, from another Heathrow runway, of around 50% more flights, some over previously quiet areas. There would also be a demand for around 70,000 more houses for 112,000 more employees and their families’ needs, which would inevitably have a huge permanent impact. Effects would be felt across many boroughs, all already stretched to cope with current demand, each required to find space for 5,000 more houses, plus schools, hospitals, doctors, transport improvements, etc.
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Public meeting; Heathrow noise – How will it affect you? What you can do about it?
The resident led public meetings
The West Windsor Residents Association (WWRA) and Old Windsor Residents
Associations are holding Open Public Meetings on Tuesday 20th January at Windsor
Racecourse starting at 2.30pm and 7.30 pm to inform, and empower, local residents
about the disastrous effects of extra runway capacity on life locally.
The aim of the meeting will be to inform residents on what the two Heathrow
proposals are, how they will be affected, and also to empower people to take action
that will help to influence relevant decision makers.
There will be presentations from local experts on noise, housing, transport, health.
Residents are encouraged to sign up for campaign information so they can have
their voice heard in the debate above the noise from Heathrow, and big business.
As meeting room capacity is limited, other Council and community reps are urged to
reserve places for the afternoon meeting with Cllr. Da Costa or Cllr. Beer,
Cllr.dacosta@rbwm.gov.uk or Cllr.beer@rbwm.gov.uk
It is hoped that people who can attend that meeting will do so, to allow those at work to attend the evening one.
NB The Airports Commission will close its door to comments on Tuesday 3rd
February, before it makes recommendations to Parliament.
http://www.wwra.org.uk/homepage-features/heathrow-noise-public-meeting/2345
WWRA says:
More about Heathrow noise
Another runway closer to rural communities which will bring even more disastrous
aircraft noise is only the tip of a huge iceberg of less obvious threats to a large part
of the Thames Valley.
54% More flights, many over previously quiet areas, and the demand for over
70,000 more houses for 112,000 more employees and their families’ needs will have
a huge permanent impact.
It will hit a far wider area beyond the 14 Councils implied by the Airports
Commission, including Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, South
Bucks, Runnymede and Surrey Heath, as neither they nor the London Boroughs will
each be able to find space for 5,000 more houses, plus schools, hospitals, doctors,
transport improvements, etc., which are already stretched to breaking point.
This threatens our protected countryside (NB Green Belt and Areas of Outstanding
Natural Beauty) and the character of many of our towns and villages. An
exacerbation of low cost housing shortages will increase costs and displace essential
workers needed to support a busier Heathrow and other businesses which favour its
growth.
This threatens our protected countryside (NB Green Belt and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and the character of many of our towns and villages. An exacerbation of low cost housing shortages will increase costs and displace essential workers needed to support a busier Heathrow and other businesses which favour its growth.
WWRA Chairman, Councillor Wisdom Da Costa “In my opinion, the population in the Thames Valley is facing probably the most serious threat to their health ever faced, with the effects of expansion of runway capacity at Heathrow.”
He goes on to say, “You, your loved ones, already experience the negative effects of aircraft, but the proposals to expand runway capacity at Heathrow will create a truly terrible environment for people living West of the airport.
– A third runway resulting in 300 flights per day, every day, from 4:30 am to 11:30 pm, with no respites, every day for 365 days per year, and
– The Heathrow Hub’s extended runway, resulting in 700 flights per day, every day, from 4:30 am to 11:30 pm, with no rest, every day for 365 days per year
That’s an increase in aircraft noise, with no possibility for respite breaks (19 hours per day), of between 67% and 233%.
We have to take a stand together on this issue.“
– Comments to the Airports Commission should be made to
airports.consultation@systra.com
or by post to Airports Commission
Consultation, Freepost RTKX-USUC-CXAS, PO Box 1492, Woking, GU22 2QR
by Tuesday 3rd February 2015.
– Keep up to date with the latest news, and sign up for campaign updates at
www.wwra.org.uk