Heathrow will provide a third runway without any additional airport-related traffic on the roads, according to its director of environment and sustainability.

Matt Gorman described the proposals for expanding Heathrow as credible and reaffirmed his belief it could hit air quality targets.

Speaking to the Richmond and Twickenham Times, Mr Gorman expressed his desire for the Government to push ahead with the Davies Commission's recommendations.

He said: "We set out a commitment to create a third runway without any additional airport-related traffic on the roads.

"There will be rail links to the north, south and east of the airport as well as improved bus and road connections.

"We think the plans are credible and we can have a third runway at Heathrow without increasing traffic locally."

Mr Gorman also highlighted the huge transport infrastructure projects taking place in London.

He said: "Roll forward 10 years and public transport will be transformed with high speed rail, Crossrail and improvements to the Piccadilly line.

"Also, what will really benefit people in Richmond and Twickenham will be southern rail access, linking the airport with Clapham and Waterloo.

"This will be a real operation to make Heathrow more accessible."

He also said a third runway at Heathrow would take some of the strain in terms of finding work and apprenticeships for young people.

He added: "There is a positive vision for Britain and also for Heathrow and the surrounding areas.

"Up to 80,000 new jobs will be created and there is already a commitment to 10,000 apprenticeship schemes.

"This will act as a really significant step to ending youth unemployment in surrounding boroughs in fields such as engineers, pilots, etcetera."

The Government withdrew support for a third runway previously and the director of environment believes the plans have been brushed up enough to gain public support.

He said: "The key point for your readers in that we have taken a new approach to the development - we went back to the drawing board when the government pulled support for runway three.

"We gave ourselves air quality as well as noise and pollution targets and through that, we have built the support that we have."