Crawley News – Gatwick Airport

Gatwick announces £256m second runway sweetener
30th July 2014 – Crawley News
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Gatwick Airport has announced £256 million of funding for jobs, housing and apprenticeships if a second runway is given the go-ahead.

The airport has said the plans are in response to some of the issues raised during the public consultations held earlier this year.

The money includes £46 million for infrastructure that would be required around the 9,900 new homes the airport says would be needed.

An extra S5 million would be put into noise insulation measures.

Other promised schemes include £10 million for road improvements and a £3.75 million plan to create 2,500 apprenticeships.

More than half of the total, £131 million, would be to fund compulsory purchases of houses, with owners set to be offered more than 25 per cent above market value.

A second runway is expected to deliver 120,000 jobs.

Gatwick Airport CEO Stewart Wingate said: “We are determined to be a good neighbour and not lose sight of the concerns of those communities close to home.

“We’ve listened to local people and have created a wider range of pledges to deliver improvements in many of the areas that matter to them most, from new jobs and housing, to business support and noise mitigation.”

The Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign has called for more compensation to be given to households in and around Crawley.

A spokesman said: “If Gatwick has suddenly found itself so flush with funds, why are they not offering proper compensation to all those tens of thousands that will suffer the devaluing of homes and quality of life?”

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