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DfT reviews airport surface access funding

AIRPORTS

13 April 2018
Heathrow Airport owns the airport spur railway
Heathrow Airport owns the airport spur railway

 

The DfT is reviewing funding arrangements for surface access improvements to airports, and asking who should own the roads and railways that serve airports – the  airports themselves, or local or national government. 

The investigations are explained in a discussion document on aviation, which will be followed by an aviation Green Paper in the autumn and a new aviation strategy early in 2019.

On funding surface access improvements, the DfT says:  “The aviation...

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