Blogposts tagged 'Leeds'

A plane takes off over Leeds. But plans to expand the airport have been sucessfully challenged by campaigners.

Airport expansion to be given the go-ahead despite a wave of opposition. Sound familiar? Well, this time it's not Heathrow or Stansted, it's Leeds Bradford airport, the expansion plans for which were featured on the BBC news yesterday:

"Bought for nearly £150 million, now the owners of Leeds Bradford Airport have their sights set on a £70 million expansion... The council is meeting in Leeds today and are expected to give it the go-ahead despite opposition..."

Same old story eh? Well, not this time, actually. It looks like the BBC got it a bit wrong, because yesterday the airport expansion plans were deferred by Leeds councillors, who took on board local campaigners' arguments that increased passenger numbers would lead to more traffic, more noise, and more carbon emissions - all adding up to make an expanded airport an environmental disaster zone. The plans, they said, had to be rethought.