A group of MPs have come together to voice their support for reigniting proposals to build a £900M rail link with Heathrow Airport.
An AGM was held last week to reconstitute the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Western Rail Link to Heathrow with renewed call for the project to be…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released its draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement (NNNPS) to bring it in line with recent decarbonisation and environment policies. This draft is now open to public consultation.
The NNNPS sets out the government’s overriding policy for decisions on major road and rail projects.…
The concept of sustainability was at the heart of the Luton Direct Air-Rail Transit link (Dart) project from its beginning in 2014 all the way up to its official opening today, Friday, March 10.
Today, the 2.1km light rail link Dart project connecting Luton Airport terminal buildings with Luton Airport Parkway…
The planning application for the expansion of Luton Airport has been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate.
Luton Rising, Luton Council’s company that owns the airport, submitted the development consent order (DCO) application yesterday. The DCO application for a second terminal at the airport was originally due to be submitted by the…
A paper detailing five reform areas for the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) planning process has been released by the government.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities paper outlines issues facing the system for progressing major infrastructure projects from initial idea right through to delivery. Five key areas are…
New construction work at airports across the UK has picked up markedly in recent months as expansion and renovation programmes get underway, according to construction analyst Glenigan.
Regional airports have faced challenges in recent years competing for passengers with the major city air hubs - particularly around London and in Manchester…
HS2 Ltd has set out plans to improve capacity at junction 6 on the M56 to support future growth at the new proposed train station at Manchester Airport.
The proposals, developed in conjunction with National Highways, suggest relocating junction 6 of the motorway to the southwest and sequencing the works within…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a consultation on its target for all airport operations in England to be zero emission by 2040.
The Jet Zero Strategy - published in July 2022 - sets out the vision for an aviation sector which reaches net zero emissions by 2050, along with ambitions…
A challenge by pressure group Bristol Airport Action Network Co-ordinating Committee to the decision by the secretary of state for Levelling-up, Housing and Communities to allow Bristol Airport to increase its passenger cap from 10M to 12M per year has been unsuccessful.
The secretary of state had previously granted an…
The proposed expansion of Bristol Airport has been given the green light.
Campaign group Bristol Airport Action Network (BAAN) mounted a legal challenge against the plans in the High Court in November 2022, but the High Court has now ruled that the expansion can go ahead. BAAN was granted the legal…
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