Former MPs Tessa Jowell and Steve Norris will head the new Gatwick Growth Board (GGB) to examine the impact of an expanded airport.
The GGB will focus on “ensuring the benefits” of a second runway at Gatwick are “properly distributed” across the region and rest of the UK.
As former Minister for the Olympics and for London, and former Minister for Transport respectively, Baroness Jowell and Steve Norris bring great experience, expertise, and authority in the field of government, infrastructure, and economic and social analysis.
Baroness Jowell said: “London and the South East are crucial economic engines that drive growth in the rest of Britain. This is a great opportunity to build on the experience of the Olympics – commissioning the park and staging the games – to bring economic and social benefit across the UK. It is important that the continued growth of success stories like Gatwick is seen through a national lens.
“The Gatwick Growth Board will look closely at how investment and growth here can better benefit not only the region but also the country as a whole and I am delighted to have the opportunity to help deliver a plan to make this happen.”
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