£20m runway resurfacing at RAF Valley

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has begun a £20 million project to refurbish one of two runways at RAF Valley.

The project is in conjunction with Isle of Anglesey County Council and enables construction to the designated access routes and parts of the station.

The contract was awarded last month to a joint venture of North Stone and White Mountain and will refurbish the runway and link taxiways and provide a new selection of airside perimeter road, new visual aids, aeronautical lighting and signage.

The station primarily acts as a fast jet training base with pilots mostly flying Hawk aircraft. The taxiways will be refurbished for operational use of other aircraft such as Hercules, Tornados and Typhoons.

Alan Baker, DIO’s project manager, said: “I am pleased that work is now underway and look forward to working with personnel at the station and our contractors to ensure everything continues to run smoothly throughout the project, to provide this vital upgrade for the pilots and groundcrew at RAF Valley.”