[Osem]

Something needs to be done but this report is probably just the end of the beginning, nothing more. It'll be many years before a single sod is turned. On balance ,Heathrow does seem to offer the most benefits overall but extending Gatwick and Stansted would also have benefits and help distribute the load. Something clearly needs to be done but as we've seen with our power generating infrastructure, these things tend to take decades to sort out in the UK. God only knows what sort of impact any of these options will have on the M25 which itself seems to be running near, at or over capacity much of the time.