AIRPORT campaigners were dejected yesterday after Environment approved plans to create a 147-man worker village at La Villiaze Vineries.

AT LEAST 40 local workers are likely to be employed for the £80.4m. airport runway project.

IF RECENT debates are any guide, States members resolved the multi-million pound airport project with remarkable speed – and with much resolve.

PLANS to move boat owners out of their Longue Hougue berths to make way for a temporary runway material drop-off point have disappointed one yachtsman.

PLANNING permission and potential legal action will be the next hurdles for Guernsey’s £80m. airport project after the States gave it the go-ahead yesterday.

AIRPORT work is essential but it has taken too long for the States to make up its mind, nearby residents have said.

MILLIONS of pounds will be spent to transport airport runway materials around the island, an independent consultant’s report has shown.

GUERNSEY AIRPORT has clocked up more than £10m. in new costs since the development project started in 2009, it has emerged.

ANY delay in approving the £80m. airport project would increase its cost and seriously jeopardise the island’s ability to attract experienced contractors to carry out the works, Public Services has said.

THE mix of public money and private contractors is often fraught with difficulty. While taxpayers may foot the bill, the company understandably insists on some commercial privacy. The result is that legitimate questions about how ‘our money’ is being spent are seemingly brushed aside.