Deputies want Petit Bot drop-off for runway build

FULL details of a plan to use a conveyor belt through Petit Bot to transport hundreds of thousands of tonnes of material up the valley for the airport runway project will be released on Friday.

In a presentation to States members, deputies Barry Paint and Sean McManus will recommend using the bay as an alternative to driving lorry-loads of aggregate from Longue Hougue around the island to the airport.

But Public Services says the idea has already been explored in detail and rejected.

Deputy Paint said the department owed it to residents along the route that trucks would take from Longue Hougue to look at the option again.

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