Announced today that Volker Fitzpatrick and Colas have won the £65 million contract to divert the A45 and extend the runway at Birmingham.
Will start this July.The diverted A45 will be 3 lanes wide with room for tram rails in the middle.Road to be complete in June 2013, and extended runway open in spring 2014.
The current runway will also be improved and resurfaced at the same time.
Both projects will run concurrently allowing earth removed for the new road to be moved to level the ground etc for the runway the other side of the current A45.
The runway extension will take the new length to 9,700ft give or take the odd foot.
A brand new radar system is also being installed from next month too.
So BHX will have the capacity to get to most of the World..perhaps one day the carriers too.
Nigel