Runway work is backed by planners

PLANNERS have recommended that the £80.4m. airport project be approved despite the fears of residents, environmentalists and parishes.

Officers will present their case at an open planning meeting on Tuesday for the most expensive project ever undertaken by the States to get the go ahead.

But the proposal will come up against a welter of opposition, including a petition organised on behalf of people in parishes near the airport and the legal threat of a judicial review from Deputy Shane Langlois if the department does not justify the legality of an approval.

However, planners said the application's environmental statement was sufficient to address many concerns.

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