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Greater choice and opportunity for millions of air travellers comes a step closer today as BAA submits its Generation 2 (G2) planning applications for the development of a second runway at Stansted Airport.

The proposal is the result of four years of intensive and rigorous planning work to deliver this key milestone of the Government’s Air Transport White Paper. Stansted is to be the location for the first new runway in the South East of England for over 50 years. The two-runway, two terminal airport is expected to be open in 2015, serving 68 million passengers a year in around 2030.

Key features of the development plans include:

The creation of over 13,000 new jobs by 2030. UK economic benefits of £9 billion – much within the £100 billion Eastern region economy. Reduction in land required from around 700 hectares to 442 hectares xtra 208 hectares of existing land adjacent to the extended airport boundary dedicated to a comprehensive nature conservation and landscaping scheme to reduce and offset the effects of the development.
The number of residential dwellings required down by over 25% with the number of listed buildings lost reduced from 29 to 13, with 10 of these to be dismantled and rebuilt. The number of people within the 57 dBA leq air noise contour down from over 11,000 in the White Paper to under 5,000
Around 70 stringent sustainability targets, including:

By 2030 Stansted’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy use will not exceed those in 2006

By 2030, water supplied to Stansted will be no greater volume than that used by the single runway airport operation at present 10% or less of waste to landfill by 2030

By 2030, 70% of waste generated by the airport’s operation will be recycled

Investment planned in road and rail improvements to build upon Stansted’s UK leading position for public transport use by passengers Sir Nigel Rudd, Chairman of BAA, said:

“BAA is proud to reach this significant milestone in the future development of Stansted. We remain fully committed to building a second runway, a project that is central to government policy in delivering additional runway capacity in the South East. This important project will bring huge benefits to the East of England and UK economy, and will increase choice and opportunity for millions of business and leisure travellers.”

Alastair McDermid, BAA Director for Stansted Generation 2, said: “Stansted represents all that is best in a modern, mobile and dynamic economy so I’m very proud of the exciting and innovative G2 plans we present today.

“To help shape this vision we have listened very carefully to the views of thousands of people, and I firmly believe we have planned the best airport project of its time.“Our proposals represent a significant investment by BAA to deliver the sustainable and responsible growth of air travel in the UK. They allow the national and regional economies to compete in an increasingly global market place and share in the huge social and economic benefits available. At the same time we have worked extremely hard to minimise the environmental impacts that were anticipated by the Government when it published its Air Transport White Paper in 2003.

“The potential benefit of a second runway is enormous for business growth, for the creation of thousands of new jobs, for supporting inward investment and for boosting inbound tourism. And the social and cultural benefits of even greater opportunities for leisure travel and to visit friends and family cannot be underestimated.

“But this is not growth at any cost. The global issue of climate change is one which we take very seriously and is recognised as requiring international action. There is agreement that the best way of addressing the challenge is through a global emissions trading scheme, and BAA has been leading the call for the aviation industry to be part of that.

“We want to make sure passengers have the best possible experience as they travel through Stansted, that it’s efficient and cost effective for airlines and that it’s an airport which in terms of its environmental credentials is at the leading edge of what it’s possible to do.”

11 March 2008 Press Release, taken from the BAA Stansted Airport website

For more information please see http://www.stanstedairport.com