London Assembly to look at environmental impacts of expansion
14.03.10
The London Assembly's Environment Committee are to launch an investigation into the environmental impacts of the expansion of London City Airport. It wants to know how the extra flights are affecting people in the capital.
In July 2009 Newham Council gave permission to increase the number of flights from 91,000 to 120,000 per year. Expansion was made conditional on tougher environmental controls for air quality and noise levels, which were to be monitored by borough staff. The London Assembly Environment Committee now plans to look at the airport's monitoring processes to assess the impact the increase in flights is having on air quality, noise and climate change. The Committee will also investigate what action London City is taking to mitigate any negative effects.
A meeting will be held at City Hall on June 10 when the Committee hopes to hear people's views on the expansion of the airport and the environmental controls currently in place. It has also launched an online survey to gauge public opinion about how flights to and from the airport may already be impacting on local people. This survey can be found at www.london.gov.uk/city-airport and will close on June 18 2010. As well as gathering Londoners' views, the Committee will analyse written information from a range of organisations and will publish its report in July.
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