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Bristol Airport has applied for a xo compulsory order covering 22 parcels to improve road access as part of an expansion plan.The airport hopes to turn the A38 into a dual track as it appears to increase passenger capacity from 10 million to 12 million a year.However, it is currently not authorized to expand after the North Somerset Council rejected the plan.


The airport filed an appeal against the decision in early September.The CPO is concerned with land along the A38, which the airport needs to expand in order to handle the planned increase in passenger numbers.Most of the land is now occupied by hedgerows, fields and forests.Boris Johnson, however, told the United Nations earlier that the government would increase the number of protected areas in the UK to 30% by 2030.As a result, he pledged an additional 400,000 hectares of British countryside to be protected to support the natural recovery.The airport also said the expansion would help the Southwest's economy recover and create jobs in the region, helping to replace those lost during the outbreak.It said the expansion would stop millions of people from the region driving to London's airports.


But environmental protesters who opposed the plan said it would be harmful to the environment and consultants voted 18-7 with one abstention to reject the plan.The airport said a global passenger forecast from the International Air Transport Association shows traffic will return to pre-epidemic levels by 2024, with short-term market recovery likely faster.Therefore, it is confident that it will reach 12 million people per year "even if it takes longer than previously anticipated".A temporary crackdown on growth will give the airport the opportunity to lay out infrastructure to cope with the growing passenger numbers.In February, the application received opposition from approximately 8,800 citizens and 2,400 support messages.The decision will now go national and will be carried out by independent planning investigators or if the appeal has been recovered by the government.Decisions on CPO will be made by the Minister of Transport.The airport opened for service at Lulsgate Bottom in May 1957 on the site of a former WW2 battle station known as RAF Lulsgate Bottom.