Originally Posted by
stewyb
No idea why a northern taxiway cannot be put down from Stand 14 to link the runway at the same time, seems bonkers to me when equipment will be on site!
Please excuse me banging on about it, subject of an ancient post of mine prior to Southampton-3 thread, have been there before when the runway was being re-surfaced, contractors and asphalt plant on site, engineer's estimated cost at the time, £40K! Has gone down in history as one of B****y Awful Airport's many SOU c***k ups, together with the Short Term Car Park eastern boundary (preventing Stand 8-11 development) and the Post Office building site (originally part of the airport site-Stand development and even a second Terminal?).
Give AGS credit, they appear to be doing all possible to grow the business, most unlike their predecessors.