BAA bosses have been accused of "onion-skin" planning by Stansted Airport's watchdog.
Members of the consultativ.committee - made up of local council lors and business representatives - made it clear they have no confi dence in forecasts made for the future and repeated their opposition to the G2 second runway project.
At their latest meeting they endorsed a raft of criticisms of Stansted's surface access consulta tion document, which sets out road and public transport proposals.
Herts county councillor Bernard Engel, who represents Bishop's Stortford, told management he was unconvinced by infrastructure pro posals linked to the development. In particular, he was sceptical that adequate road improvements would be built in time and accused bosses of a piecemeal approach.
He said: "This is onion-skin plan ning - one layer at a time - and that makes it very difficult to know how conditions should be laid down."
Cllr Engel predicted traffic chaos and rubbished claims that an air port the size of Heathrow would not have a "widespread" impact on highways.
He was particularly scathing about the lack of BAA commitment to a Little Hadham bypass: "It must be an integral part of any applica tion," he demanded.
He warned that the right plan ning must be done now or local peo ple would suffer the consequences: "It takes 10 years at least to get new roads. We must look forward or we are just playing planning catch up, as we have in the past."
Essex county councillor Jenny Holland, who represents Harlow, questioned why the M11 was being widened to four lanes between London and Stansted, but there was no similar scheme for the Cambridge section.
She said: "I have major concerns that the bland statements about the adequacy of road access have not been backed up to any degree that I find helpful at the very least, or indeed satisfactory." The committee also criticised the proposals for a new access to the air port at junction 8 of the M11 and was disappointed that public trans port plans - particularly concerning railway improvements - were not yet complete.