The UK airport discussion goes to parliament

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By Alex Lennane

06/02/2013

If you’ve ever wanted to know how governments decide on infrastructure projects – or if you are interested in what the UK’s new airport plans might be, this is the document. A transcript of the conversation between four “witnesses”, which are backing various plans, and the House of Commons Select Transport Committee, it not only reveals the price tags and problems of the different schemes, but also reveals how these decisions are made. Slowly, in the UK’s case.

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