Announced today that Volker Fitzpatrick and Colas have won the tender to extend the main runway at Birmingham Airport, and to divert the A45 for this to happen.Total cost £65 million.
This will be Englands second biggest construction project in 2012 after Londons cross rail .
The A45 new section, will be 3 lanes wide with room for a tram system in the middle.The runway extension will be 350m taking it to 2,955m or 9,700feet.
The current part will also be improved and resurfaced.
Work starts on both projects in July this year with the road expected to be complete in June 2013 and the runway extension opened by spring 2014.
At the same time time the new control tower will be fitted out with state of the art equipment which will become operational, with a brand new radar system in summer 2013.
