International Environmental Impact Assessment - Atkins

Heathrow Terminal 5 surface access, UKClient: Highways Agency/BAA plcWe were commissioned to design access proposals for Terminal 5 atHeathrow Airport. The proposals comprised motorway access on theadjacent M25 and associated widening of the M4 between junctions3 and 4B. Our role included production of preliminary highway designdetails and public consultation material; preparation of environmentalstatements (out setting the findings of an EIA); taking the schemesthrough public inquiry; and providing expert witnesses on traffic,engineering and environmental matters.The EIA covered a broad spectrum of environmental issues includingecology, noise, air quality, agriculture/land use, landscape and visualimpact and socio-economic effects. The impact of construction trafficwas one of the major issues addressed.30