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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A reminder that the days are getting longer and slowly warmer (??) and our Easter Egg Hunt is on schedule for Easter Monday 2<sup>nd</sup> April. It was very successful and well attended last year, with good weather so we hope to see you again this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Details are on the attached poster. Book your tickets through the Society website<br><a href="http://www.taplowsociety.org.uk">www.taplowsociety.org.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>or direct at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/childrens-easter-egg-hunt-tickets-43434571974">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/childrens-easter-egg-hunt-tickets-43434571974</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Heathrow:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Almost a year ago, the DfT issued its draft Airports National Policy Statement. The associated consultation was frustrating for providing little supporting evidence for its broad-brush assertions, thus making it hard for the general public to assess the logic or impact of its conclusions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A couple of weeks ago, Heathrow Airport held a series of exhibitions and released two publications - an Airport Expansion Consultation Document and an Airspace Principles Consultation Document - that together did a much better job of explaining its proposals for expansion. These may be summarised as follows;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>- A third runway to the north of the current two. The three options vary in length but each extends over the M25 between Sipson (to the east) and Colnbrook (to the west). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>- A 6.5 hour ban on night flights between 11pm and 7am plus predictable periods of respite from aircraft noise during the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>- The generation of up to 40,000 new jobs locally.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>- Numerous options for improving air quality, airspace design (flight paths and reduction of noise disturbance), consolidation of and access to terminals, realignment and junction redesign of the M25, the A4 and the A3044 (through Colnbrook), expansion to accommodate support facilities and related development, water management (including flood storage and diversions of River Colne) and increase in use of public transport (including rail links from south and west, with an Elizabeth Line spur from east of Slough enabling direct travel to / from Taplow Station).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>On February 3<sup>rd</sup>, Nigel Smales and I represented HTS and Taplow Parish Council at the Burnham Park exhibition. Your committee considers that we are not in a strong position to question the expansion of Heathrow on economic grounds but should respond strongly on the flight path options that will affect air traffic over Taplow. This response is attached and we urge you make your own responses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This is your opportunity to protect our patch in the best way possible for the foreseeable future. Please do not just leave it to somebody else. The more of us who send the same message increases its resonance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Heathrow can be contacted by on a freephone number - 0800 307 7996 - or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:info@heathrowconsultation.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>info@heathrowconsultation.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The proposals can be examined online at <a href="http://www.heathrowconsultation.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.heathrowconsultation.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Responses should be set to Freepost LHR EXPANSION CONSULTATION or to <a href="mailto:expansion.feedback@heathrowconsultation.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>expansion.feedback@heathrowconsultation.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Roger Worthington, Secretary<br>07787556309<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>This mail has been sent to you from the Hitcham and Taplow Society. If has been sent to you in error or you do not wish to receive such communications, please reply to <a href="mailto:secretary@taplowsociety.org.uk">secretary@taplowsociety.org.uk</a> and we will remove you.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>