Alderney Airport repairs cost £3m since 2014

Earlier this year debris fell from the control tower shutting the main departure exit

More than £3m has been spent repairing Alderney Airport over the last 10 years, the majority of it on the runway.

About £300,000 has been used for repairs to the control tower, and more than £500,000 has been spent on the airport fire station.

In total £2,156,722 has been spent on repairs to Alderney's runway.

Plans to refurbish the airport and extend the runway were deemed "unaffordable and unviable" earlier this year by Guernsey's Policy and Resources Committee.

'Mitigate risks'

Experts are set to visit the airport to look at the cost of reconstructing the runway and the whether there is soil contamination caused by using fire-fighting foam in the past.

Since 2017 there have been 14 seperate structural and safety inspections conducted at Alderney Airport and the control tower.

The most recent inspection of the tower, which was completed in September, found a replacement facility was "considered likely within 24 months".

That report also reccomended putting up scaffolding around the control tower to "to mitigate any risks to staff or passengers".

It followed an incident where debris fell from the tower, which caused the main exit for departures to close.