Additional airport capacity: surface access analysis
Surface access analysis of the Airports Commission's shortlisted options for additional airport capacity.
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These reports support the surface access analysis in the consultation on the Airport Commission鈥檚 shortlisted options for additional airport capacity.
The Airports Commission鈥檚 鈥楶rocess overview鈥� report sets out reasoning behind the approach the commission took to analyse surface transport. It explains why the commission set Jacobs Consultancy the parameters within which the appraisal was carried out.
Jacobs Consultancy鈥檚 reports appraise the performance of each of the shortlisted proposals against the objectives set out in Module 4 of the commission鈥檚 Appraisal framework. Appendices to those appraisals have also been published. It鈥檚 鈥楲iterature review鈥� assesses the case for a spur from HS2 to Heathrow Airport. The review also features an assessment of the impacts of a hub station on the Great Western Mainline as proposed by Heathrow Hub Limited.