THE final obstacle to Birmingham Airport’s runway extension project was removed yesterday when shareholders gave the go-ahead to the £65m scheme.
The extension, which won planning permission from Solihull Borough Council in 2009, will give the airport the ability to offer long-haul flights to Asia and the US west coast, and has been seen as the most important transport project in the region since work began on Birmingham New Street Station’s Gateway revamp.
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