03-02-2014, 12:49 PM
<P>"... runway will be extended by 450 feet and that preparatory work has already started.<BR>... (AAJ), has begun acquiring the additional parcels of land that will be needed."<P>I think this means they'll extend toward the Flankers community (unless they go toward the sea, which I suppose is possible - but no parcels to acquire out there). Looks like the highway would have to be moved as well, I think.<P>"US$65m To Extend Sangster International Airport Runway"<BR><a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=51397" target="_blank">http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=51397</A><BR><a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Runway-at-Donald-Sangster-Airport--MoBay-to-be-extended" target="_blank">http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Runway-at-Donald-Sangster-Airport--MoBay-to-be-extended</A><P>fwiw (not very much), Flankers was childhood home of "Tommy Lee Sparta".