That the government is still delaying at this point in the political cycle shows how toxic an issue the third runway isEven by the government’s standards of inaction on the airports debate,six months to simply blandly agree with the Airports Commissions superseded shortlist from 2013 is quite a feat.
Air quality remains a real issue, and government sources were keen to point out that there is still time to originate a decision in six months and meet the 2030 deadline before runway capacity becomes a crisis. And the official statement does affirm that it now definitely believes a runway somewhere is needed. But this further delay until next summer will immediate resigned fury, or yet minute surprise,in a sector that has seen this all too often before.
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Source: theguardian.com