Sent an email to find out a bit more about the improvements on Coll and Colonsay
Reproduced here in full.

Further to your request to Councillor Currie for information regarding the proposed Colonsay airstrip, this is identical to the Coll airstrip details i.e. Code 1A, 500m long, runway 11/29 ( Completion in August with the terminal building being completed slightly sooner in December.



Further to your email to Councillor Gillies, a completely new Code 1A
runway is presently being constructed at Ballard on Coll. Once
complete, it will be fully surfaced in bitmac and be 500m in length with
runway designation 02/20. This is roughly a 90 degree re-oreintation
from the existing grass strip that was used in the past. The works for
the runway will be completed in August with a small terminal building
being completed later in January.

At the moment I can't say exactly when the new facility will be open for
use - perhaps if you could keep in contact with Peter Jackson, Airport
Development Manager in Oban (tel:01631 570796), he will be able to
advise you further once decisions on general aviation use of the new
facility have been made.

At the moment we are working in conjunction with the Scottish
Executive/EU in developing the case for a PSO on the routes between
Oban/Coll/Colonsay and Tiree with a view to initiating scheduled flights
in the future.

Regards


Mike Moffat
Supervisory Engineer

Maybe the news isn't quite as good as it first sounds?

Posts on the Flyer forum suggests that Paul has only taken over the A/G, and not the airport. Flyer forum suggests that there has been no change in the airfield manager position?

:sad:

Oh Bu**er! Thats all we need HIAL to muck it up:mad: :{