Petition for urgent runway work submitted

A petition calling for urgent action to resurface the Alderney Airport runway has been handed to the States of Guernsey.

A total of 1,882 people signed the petition demanding the States committed to a start date for works to improve the tarmac.

More than £2m has been spent on repairs to the runway over the last decade and in January Guernsey's Policy and Resources Committee (P&R) confirmed the project must proceed.

Ian Taylor, who created the petition, said: "We have been astonished by the overwhelming public response to the petition."

"Backing has come from all over the world, including from as far afield as Australia, South Africa, Kenya, the United Arab Emirates, New Zealand and India," he said.

Last week, Alderney politicians warned further delays to upgrading the runway could lead to "more stringent and restrictive operating limitations" or "a long-term closure of the airstrip".

P&R President Deputy Lyndon Trott said in March a "radical reconsideration" of the project was needed due to the "challenging fiscal situation that the States of Guernsey finds itself in".

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