Bristol Airport: Road Traffic

(asked on 7th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment of the potential effect of the extra Bristol Airport runway on traffic in Bath and North East Somerset.


Answered by
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 14th February 2022

The Government is supportive of airports across the UK making best use of their existing runways.

The decision on the Bristol Airport planning appeal was made by an independent Planning Inspector following a Public Inquiry which considered the traffic and environmental impacts.

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