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May 27, 2015

Heathrow's new runway would run through 600-year-old village

  • London and southeastern England need more airport capacity to meet the growing demands of business travelers and tourists.
  • By DANICA KIRKA
    Associated Press

    LONDON — With its classic red phone booth, pub, and medieval church, Harmondsworth's center looks quintessentially British. But the search for a twee English village isn't what brings millions of people within a stone's throw of its boundaries.

    The attraction is neighboring Heathrow Airport, which served 73 million travelers last year. Now Europe's busiest airport is proposing to build a runway roughly through the center of town, leveling the ivy-covered brick walls of the Harmondsworth Hall guest house and two-thirds of its homes. A village that traces its history to the 6th century would be forever altered, and some argue even what's left would be uninhabitable.


     
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