Oversized lorries start airport runs next week

OVERSIZED trucks up to 16 metres long will be on Guernsey's roads from next week as preparation for the airport runway redevelopment moves up a gear.

But the deliveries will be at night and under escort to avoid disruption.

The Public Services Department, which is managing the project, has warned that while tipper trucks and tractors will deliver during the day, the oversized delivery vehicles will be travelling at night to move heavy machinery.

'The first oversize delivery will be in the early hours of Monday, when a bulldozer is taken to the airport on board a low-loader.'