A global campaign urging the owners of Bristol Airport to drop its expansion plans has been launched. The Bristol Airport is Big Enough (BABE) group is the start of a new group, which is working with other communities around the world also suffering from the impact of airports owned by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP).
The plan is for affected communities to join together and demand that OTPP, which owns the Bristol travel hub, withdraw its expansion plans for airports across the globe. The move comes after Bristol Airport was given the green light to expand its capacity from 10 to 12 million passengers a year at appeal, reports Somerset Live.
North Somerset Council refused the expansion in 2020 following 8,900 public objections, citing the impact on the climate, green belt and residents’ health and the pressure on the local infrastructure. The expansion was also opposed by Bristol City Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council and the West of England Combined Authority.
