Runway extension to go back to the States

A FORMAL bid to extend the runway has been submitted and will be debated later this year, it has been confirmed.

Economic Development Committee vice-president Jan Kuttelwascher said paperwork to include the project in the next capital prioritisation debate had been completed – a week after saying he was once again raising the issue.

Deputy Kuttelwascher, pictured, spent five hours filling in the form, which will begin the process. It will be presented as part of the States budget this October, he said, and with effort put behind it he thought it could be achieved within three years.

'The paperwork just submitted dealt with the strategic reasons we should pursue it.'