EDINBURGH AIRPORT PARKING NEWS - 25/11/2008

EDINBURGH RESURFACING PROJECT EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS

The runway resurfacing project at Edinburgh Airport has been completed on budget and ahead of schedule, it has been announced.

Initially due for completion on the 31st November, the work has now been finished both earlier than planned and without any addition to its £16 million financial target.

The project lasted for eight months and involved some 25,000 tonnes of asphalt and 1,000 replacement light fittings.

Gordon Dewar, managing director of the Scottish airport, said: "This has been a complex and challenging project, involving a number of organisations and many hundreds of airport workers.

"I am delighted that, working together, we have completed the resurfacing work on time and on budget."

It is expected that the work has increased the lifespan of the runway by 15 years.

Construction is continuing elsewhere in the airport, as a £40 million scheme to extend the departure lounge is also underway.

Edinburgh Airport is one of the busiest such facilities in the UK, handling 115,000 flights each year.

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