THE Government has called a public inquiry into council plans to block a road in preparation for the airport runway extension.
The Secretary of State for Transport, Philip Hammond, has sent letters to objectors saying there would be an inquiry into the stopping up of Eastwoodbury Lane.
The council approved the move to allow the runway at Southend Airport to be extended by about 300m.
It is feared a long-running public inquiry could threaten the airport's plans to extend the runway in time for the 2012 London Olympics.
The stopping up of the road is planned after the new link road, between Eastwoodbury Lane and Nestuda Way, is built and opened.
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