Pavement works take off: Auckland Airport runway to be shortened overnight
(WorldNews Asia)

Jet-blast fences will be transported onto Auckland Airport`s runway tonight (Sunday, 24 May) to make way for a $26 million project to replace pavement in the main touchdown zone. From 11pm tonight, an 80-strong construction team will work through the night to shorten Auckland Airport`s runway by 1.1km, allowing for the replacement of 280 slabs at the eastern end of the runway while the airfield remains safe and operational. Andr&eaigu; Lovatt, General Manager Airport Development & Delivery, said the runway works had been planned for a later date, but the outbreak of COVID-19 and the significant reduction in flights and passenger numbers had provided an opportunity to bring the works forward. `The...