The repairs to the VCBIA runway is to begin shortly

The long-awaited repair of the runway at the V.C. Bird International Airport will begin in earnest.

Informed sources say the work will take place at night, however, so that there will be little or no interruption of aircraft traffic during daylight hours. The re-paving is expected to last two years. New equipment dedicated to the resurfacing will also be purchased and stored on site under special sheds that will be built to very high standards, the Cabinet was told.