HC Deb 15 April 1959 vol 603 c83W
81. Mr. Hunter

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will now give the approximate date for the completion of the earth walls at London Airport to abate the ground noise from aircraft.

85. Mr. Skeffington

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is now in a position to give the approximate date for the completion of the earth walls at London Airport to abate ground noise from aircraft.

Mr. Hay

In No. 2 Maintenance Area the Air India earthbank will be finished in about two week's time. Plans for the Hunting-Clan and Pan-American Airways barriers have recently been modified to meet the revised plans for their bases, and work will begin this summer. The construction of the southern part of the B.O.A.C. earthbank in the No. I Maintenance Area will also start very soon.

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