英国最繁忙的机场警告称，可能无法在政府设定的2035年目标前完成建设，部长们承认该期限“一直以来都很有野心”。
The UK's busiest airport cautions it may miss the government target of 2035 as ministers say the deadline has "always been ambitious".
马克·阿什当报道 希思罗机场警告称，由于规划和监管问题，其计划中的第三条跑道可能会推迟四年建成。
By Marc Ashdown Heathrow Airport has warned that its planned third runway might be delayed by four years due to planning and regulatory issues. The government had hoped the new runway at the UK's busiest airport, estimated to cost £49bn, would open by 2035.
政府原本希望英国最繁忙机场的新跑道（预计耗资490亿英镑）能在2035年投入使用。
But Heathrow sees this deadline as increasingly difficult to deliver without further steps to simplify the planning process. It said on Saturday that it hoped to secure planning permission by 2029 and then open the runway "within a decade".
但希思罗机场表示，若不进一步简化规划流程，这一期限将越来越难以实现。该机场周六表示，希望能在2029年前获得规划许可，随后“在十年内”开放跑道。
But Heathrow sees this deadline as increasingly difficult to deliver without further steps to simplify the planning process. It said on Saturday that it hoped to secure planning permission by 2029 and then open the runway "within a decade".
交通部（DfT）表示，该项目的时间表“一直以来都很有野心”，并将继续“加快步伐”与利益相关方合作推进此事。
The Department for Transport (DfT) said the project's timeline had "always been ambitious" and that it would continue to work with stakeholders "at pace" on the matter. The airport said its "core scenario" had always been to open a new runway within a decade of securing planning permission.
机场方面表示，其“核心方案”始终是在获得规划许可后十年内开放新跑道。
It said it was encouraged by the chancellor's efforts to streamline infrastructure and remove policy and regulatory bottlenecks, and promised to continue to work with ministers, airlines and stakeholders to "progress the planning application with pace".
希思罗机场称，对财政大臣为精简基础设施建设、消除政策和监管瓶颈所做的努力感到鼓舞，并承诺将继续与部长们、航空公司及利益相关方合作，“加快推进规划申请”。
It said it was encouraged by the chancellor's efforts to streamline infrastructure and remove policy and regulatory bottlenecks, and promised to continue to work with ministers, airlines and stakeholders to "progress the planning application with pace".
前财政大臣雷切尔·里夫斯于2025年1月宣布政府支持该项目，首相安迪·伯纳姆——此前曾持批评态度——上任后表示对该计划“持开放态度”。
Former chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the government's support for the project in January 2025, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham - who was previously critical - said he was "open-minded" about the scheme when he came to office.
尽管该项目遭到环保活动人士和周边地区居民团体的广泛反对，但预计将创造约10万个就业岗位，并为经济提供重大提振。
Despite attracting wide opposition from environmental campaigners and local resident groups from neighbouring areas, the project is expected to create around 100,000 jobs and provide a major boost to the economy.
扩建将意味着拆除数百户住宅、改道河流，并将M25高速公路14至15号路段之间的路段通过隧道绕行至新跑道下方。
The expansion would mean demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting rivers, and rerouting the M25 motorway between junctions 14 and 15 through a tunnel under the new runway.
该机场目前每年航班上限为48万架次，扩建后可能增至72万架次——即日均近2000架次。
The number of flights from the airport, currently capped at 480,000 a year, could go up to 720,000 - or nearly 2,000 a day on average.
伦敦市长萨迪克·汗一直反对该项目，并警告其对噪音、空气污染和气候变化的影响。
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has always opposed the project, warning of the impact on noise, air pollution and climate change.
今年6月，扩建规划框架草案发布以供咨询。一旦最终确定，还需提交议会投票，据报道这可能会推迟到2027年。
A draft of the planning framework for the expansion was published in June this year for consultation. Once finalised, it then needs to be put to a parliamentary vote, which could reportedly be delayed until 2027.
交通部（DfT）发言人表示：“目前没有第三跑道的有效规划申请，我们无法对正在进行的咨询程序发表评论，也不愿以只会延误进展的方式对其产生偏见。”
A DfT spokesperson said: "There is currently no live planning application for a third runway, and we cannot comment on ongoing consultation processes or prejudice them in a way that will only delay progress.
“时间表一直都很激进。我们将继续与推动方（包括希思罗机场）及所有其他利益相关者加快合作，确保建立正确的框架，以便能够审议第三跑道的规划申请。”
"The timeline has always been ambitious. We'll continue to work with promoters, including Heathrow, and all other stakeholders at pace to ensure the right framework is in place for which a planning application for a third runway could be considered."
希思罗机场发言人表示：“设定雄心勃勃的目标是正确的；扩建越早开始，全英国受益就越早。”他们称，收益将包括“至少创造10.8万个新岗位，以及在全国各地的供应链投资数十亿英镑”。
A spokesperson for Heathrow said: "It's right that ambitious targets were set; the sooner expansion begins, the sooner the whole UK will benefit." They said the benefits would involve "at least 108,000 new jobs and billions of pounds invested in supply chains in every part of the country".
“这是一个国家级项目，100%由私人融资，将支持当下的增长，并在跑道投入使用后巩固英国在全球经济中的地位。”
"This is a national project, 100% privately financed which will support growth today and secure the UK's position in the global economy once the runway opens." Heathrow is the UK's busiest airport, serving more than 80 million travellers a year with its four passenger terminals and two runways.
希思罗机场是英国最繁忙的机场，拥有四个客运航站楼和两条跑道，每年服务超过8000万旅客。
"This is a national project, 100% privately financed which will support growth today and secure the UK's position in the global economy once the runway opens." Heathrow is the UK's busiest airport, serving more than 80 million travellers a year with its four passenger terminals and two runways.