Campaigners take to street to stop airport growing west

CAMPAIGNERS hoping to stop the airport boundary moving 120 metres west are asking islanders to tell their deputies they object.

Between 10am and noon on Saturday protesters with leaflets and signs took up position on La Mare Road to hand out information to passing drivers.

On Wednesday the States will decide whether to allow the permanent closure of the road, along with the compulsory purchase of a field owned by the Le Messurier family; both are needed for the extension of the runway end safety areas.

But West deputy David De Lisle hoped the project would not be given the go-ahead as the area was sacrosanct as was La Mare Road.

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