The Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions is in a quandary aboutwhat to do about booming demand for airports in the South East.
Its study shows three new airports are required the size or Heathrow or fourthe size of Gatwick to meet demand over the next 20 years.
It is regarded as “a political time-bomb which could set the government on acollision course with councils, residents and environmentalists.
The Daily Telegraph 27/06/00 page 11
