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<p>It has invited architects to submit designs for a "fortress" to resist bulldozers, if the runway goes ahead.</p>
<p>The government-backed runway is due to be built in 2015. Conservatives and Lib Dems are fighting the £7bn plans.</p>
<p>The coalition gave ownership of the land to 60,000 people in a bid to create legal obstacles to delay or stop the runway scheme.</p>
<p>It launched a competition to design the "impenetrable fortress", to be built as soon as possible unless the airport expansion is abandoned.</p>
<p>Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said: "Whoever wins the next election, they will come under enormous pressure from the all-powerful aviation industry to push ahead with a third runway.</p>
<p><strong>'Business boost'</strong></p>
<p>"But if the bulldozers roll they will face a fortress occupied by a massive movement of ordinary people who oppose Heathrow expansion."</p>
<p>Greenpeace also asked members of the public for ideas how to protect the land, which it bought with groups including the Woodland Trust, the RSPB and World Development Movement.</p>
<p>The best fortress design will be chosen by a panel including sculptor Rachel Whiteread, engineer Professor Neil Thomas and comedian Alistair McGowan.</p>
<p>The former transport secretary Geoff Hoon said last January a new Heathrow runway would create up to 60,000 jobs and would ensure "Britain remains a place where the world can come to do business".</p>
<p>But environmental groups, councils, residents and the RSPB said the expansion would damage wildlife and increase pollution and congestion.</p>
<p>A Department for Transport spokesman said: "We stand by the decision we made on Heathrow's expansion in January last year."</p>
<p>In November last year actors, politicians and Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy planted an orchard on the Greenpeace coalition site.</p>
<p>article ends and........personally i hope the lot of them get pigged for conspiracy to obstruct court officials or some like.</p>
<p>yes it was a long time past but the fact of the matter is that greenpeace gave jackshit support to manchester 2nd runway campaign. they didn´t want to.</p>
<p>ego manical fuqwits me reckons....ordinary people....elitist and highly paid more likely</p>
2010-01-28T18:40:08+00:004245publishedme innit<p><strong>Protesters plan to build a "fortress" occupied by "ordinary people" on land earmarked for the construction of Heathrow's third runway.</strong></p>greenpeace!!!2010-01-28T18:44:26+00:00