You don’t get much for 400k these days. YMBA they dished up taxpayers $s 25 mil plus had to borrow a few mil to redo the f ups.
Dont know what % was spent on the runway. Whereas in times past after a tropical downpour water crossed the strip in the middle a few inches deep and 15m wide, allowing landings and t/offs . Now there are 5 places worse including a duck pond just past the threshold to 10.
Before It was flat and useable practically anywhere…not any more. They weren’t even going to put in a taxiway to solve the problem of long delays to backtrack when multiple aircraft were landing, circuits and go rounds.
Those that suggested a taxiway got abused by the council. They did wilt and put in non- straight one !! but not to the threshold and no run-up area. And the western holding point is in the wrong place.!
Developed by “experts”.
If I could show you some of the proposed maps, you,d fall about laughing.
A helicopter hovering training area was to be next to the aircraft parking !!! And with hangars only 20m away.