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Last week I saw the new Terminal 4 under construction at Heathrow,
supposedly for the A380. In the nature of public works projects, I
doubt it will be finished in 2006. Maybe 2007? But it's easier to get
things through a European local government than it is in the U.S.

The project is actually ahead of schedule too although it 20 years to go
through the planning process before construction actually started.
anyway, what is a European local government, do you mean for example the
United Kingdom government , or the London borough of Hillingdon.