[VintageKrug]

T2 will eventually cover all of T1.

The shopping facilities (elevated part), former bmi lounge and certain piers (the distant ones) are quite modern, so there are elements which could be salvageable. The distant piers are actually the first elements of T2C

Eventually, what remains of T1 once most of it is demolished will become part of the T2 complex – Heathrow East in all but name.

The T2C project will be used as leverage to stop the inevitable construction of a new Thames Hub Airport, but they’d be mad not to press on regardless.

You can see what it will all eventually look like – a toaster – in glorious technicolour in the time-phased graphic below:

http://im.ft-static.com/content/images/ea079178-598b-11e1-8d36-00144feabdc0.img?width=961&height=726&title=&desc=

Someone mentioned T5D had been approved, and the fuel farm was next in line for removal once T2B is done.

[ChrisBuda82]

“Chris – do you think that they will continue extending it onto T1, once phase two is complete?

Surely T1 has to go eventually? It is so old and decrpit!!!”

T3 is old and decrpit to, I don’t see them knocking down any soon and with the slow building work of T2 it take 20 years before we see T1 closed.

Like VK says and Trans man money has been spent and some part are ok for now.

VK your link is a press image the idea of a guy or woman playing with photo shop.

IF they planed soon to knock down T1 soon there p2 on T2 would have coverd all of T1 it would be more cheaper and faster to knock down all of T1 and expand T2 over the foot print of T1. BAA want to build a hotel on site of T1 so it up in Dream land what is happing to T1 until we see it closed.

[Bucksnet]

Heathrow’s owners should not try to stop the construction of Boris Island/Thames Hub, or indeed any other airport. They should however try to stop LHR being forcibly taken off them or closed down.

You bang on about free market economics VK, so let free market competition happen.

[VintageKrug]

Heathrow would never be forcibly taken off BAA, and if the terms were right BAA would make a fortune redeveloping LHR – probably more than they do with it as an airport.

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