Heathrow airport is expected to confirm an investment plan of several billion pounds to extend two of its terminals before submitting proposals for a third track to the government this summer.
On Wednesday, CEO Thomas Woldbye will unveil funding to increase the capacity of Terminals two and five, reconfigure the aerodrome and improve bus connections.
The plans, which will be paid with private money, intervene after Chancellor Rachel Reeves supported a third track in the largest airport in the United Kingdom last month in the context of efforts to develop the British economy.
During his speech at the British Steel Scathorpe factory, Mr. Woldbye will also sign a pact to use business steel to build new infrastructure.
The commitment to use steel made in the United Kingdom is involved in industry in the industry concerning the impact of prices placed on metal imports to the United States by President Donald Trump.
American import taxes could lead to an excess of steel discharged in the United Kingdom at cheaper prices, with the potential to undermine national companies.
While the detailed plans for a third track in the largest airport in the United Kingdom, remain to be finalized, the construction of the Five Terminal, which opened in 2008, required some 80,000 tonnes of steel.
Wednesday, Mr. Woldbye will describe the expansion plan before the new track, which will see upgrades of terminal buildings to “improve the passenger experience and improve resilience and sustainability”.
“This program funded by the private people will improve existing infrastructure while laying the foundations of a third track, stimulating investments in the United Kingdom and economic growth, with tangible advantages felt this year,” he said.
The chancellor said that heathrow expansion was “very necessary” and could create 100,000 jobs.
Zengwei and CEO of British Steel – who has the only installation of the country to manufacture primary steel – said that its workers in Scantinpe and Teeside had a “distinguished history of providing world class products in projects such as the expansion of Heathrow “.
Gareth Stace, director general of the steel industry Body Steel Uk Steel, added that Heathrow undertakes to use steel made in the country was a “major vote in British companies and British companies stop”.
Heathrow’s expansion is very controversial and faces the opposition of environmental groups, certain politicians, local authorities and nearby residents.
Some have argued that it will take much more time than a decade for a third track to become reality.
An official planning process must take place, which could take between 18 months and two years. Any judicial examination of the plan could take a year and a half, while building it can take about seven years.
Reeves said she wanted to see “Spades in the Ground” before 2029 and planes to start using the track by 2035, but Mr. Woldbye previously warned that the project would take years and need “resolve Churchillian “To be delivered.
In his speech, the boss of Heathrow will say that the airport expansion plans will be carried out with “strict environmental guarantees”
“This project can only go forward if we respect the rules on noise, air quality and carbon … It’s as simple as that,” he adds.
“I want to assure you that we are committed to listening and working with our local communities to provide them with the certainty they deserve, ending years of doubt.”
Heathrow currently manages 200 billion pounds sterling of commerce per year and provides a key avenue for exports, in particular for small and medium -sized enterprises.
But Heathrow’s infrastructure is tense: last year, a record of 83.9 million passengers crossed its terminals with its two tracks with around 1,300 landings and takeoffs every day.
Airport flights are currently capped at a maximum of 480,000 per year and, in terms, it has reached this limit. A third track would potentially increase the number of flights authorized to 720,000.
