FOREST parishioners living near the airport are preparing themselves for significant disruption as the £80m. runway repair and extension project gets under way this week.

Public Services has announced that Lagan Construction plans to begin setting up the work compounds on Thursday in preparation for the main phase of construction in the spring.

The compounds will be placed on five sites at or close to the airport.

Debbie Niedrum, 44, who has lived with her family along Route de Farras for a year, said that she still had reservations about the project.

‘I have two children at Forest School and they are both asthmatic,’ she said. ‘I’m worried about the concrete works and the dust.’