NEW FLIGHT PATHS AND STANSTED SECOND RUNWAY

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NEW FLIGHT PATHSANDSTANSTED SECOND RUNWAY

• PRESENTATION TO
• STANSTEAD ABBOTTS PARISH COUNCIL
• 17 JULY 2008

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New Flight Paths

• Overview and changes proposed
• Impact on Stanstead Abbotts
• Noise disturbance
• NATS consultation

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Overview of TCN and Changes Proposed (1)

• TCN region over 12 million people across five
  counties
• Changes out to 2014
• Effects arrival routes, holds and departure
  routes
• Airlines are NATS customers and major
  shareholders

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Overview of TCN and Changes Proposed (2)

• Heathrow, Stansted, Luton, London City, Northolt
  smaller airports and military airfields
• Not all routes are being changed
• Excludes Stansted 2nd runway
• First phase of plans out to 2030 to align with
  ATWP

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TCN Region
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One Days Flight Paths through TCN in 2006
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Tranquility Map 2006
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Tranquility Map with Departures and Arrivals
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Impact on Stanstead Abbotts

• New Stansted easterly arrival route
• New Luton departure routes
• New Northolt departure routes
• Concentration on route centrelines
• Overflying less densely populated areas

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Current Stansted Easterly Arrivals
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Proposed Stansted Easterly Arrivals
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Proposed Stansted Easterly Arrivals
STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET
BISHOPS STORTFORD
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Current Luton Easterly Departures to SE
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Proposed Luton Easterly Departures to SE
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Summary of impact on Stanstead Abbotts

• Stansted arrival change beneficial
• Luton and Northolt change slightly beneficial
• Overall beneficial with traffic at current levels

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Noise Disturbance (1)

• Noise impact defined by number of people affected
  rather than amount of noise they are exposed to
• Routes moved to less densely populated areas
• Current tranquil areas will suffer from more noise

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Noise Disturbance (2)

• Measured by Lmax levels
• But aircraft numbers and duration important
  factors
• Aircraft noise has low frequency and tonal
  characteristics which increase annoyance
• Low background noise environment

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Equivalent Lmax Levels
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NATS Consultation

• Closed on 19 June 2008
• Results published on 22 July
• Implemented April 2009 onwards
• Can still write to CAA
• Copy your MP

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Stansted Second Runway
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Maximum use of R1

• BAA wants increase from 25 to 35 mppa
• Flights increase from 550 to 700 per day
• Could eventually be 45 or 50 mppa
• Awaiting Govt decision
• Delayed since BAA admitted understating pollution
  and road traffic impacts
• AND passenger numbers are now falling

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Second Runway

• Before R1 decided, BAA lodged R2 application
• Will be called in for Public Inquiry
• Starts next year and last 12 months
• Inspector submits report in 2010
• Government decision in 2011

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Second Runway

• Massive 2½ square mile land grab more for
  buffer zone
• Destruction of 73 homes including 13 listed
  buildings
• Triple the passengers to 68 million
• Flights increase from 550 to 1380 per day
• Extra 11 million tonnes air pollution per year

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Hertford East Train Services

• Currently basic service 2 trains/hour (3/hour
  peak) suffering high levels of overcrowding
• Particularly Liverpool Street service since some
  now have Stratford as destination
• STEX services with 4 trains/hour eat up capacity
• Network Rail looking at longer trains and
  additional tracks
• BAA assume airport rail work complete end-2017
• Without better services before airport expansion,
  Hertford East service will get worse

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All UK wind farms save 4½ million tonnes per
year Only equates to ? year full use of existing
runway
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Opposition to Second Runway

• Parish, District, County Councils
• East of England Regional Authority
• MPs and MEPs
• Conservation Groups
• SSEs 7,000 members
• Local communities

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What you can do

• Respond to R2 consultation to Uttlesford District
  Council by 26 September
• Copy your MP
• Support SSE
• R2 is not inevitable WE CAN WIN

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Root Cause
Airport expansion more noise more CO2
emissions
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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