Every runway extension proposal ever filed for Velana International — from the 2005 ADB feasibility through to the 2026 tender — plotted at the same scale.
Five proposals to extend Velana International’s single runway have been tabled since 2005. Four were rejected. The fifth, filed last month, asks the cabinet to approve a 1,200-metre extension onto reclaimed reef flat — and re-opens every one of the old arguments.
Our comparison of the five proposals, at the same scale and projection, shows a project that has grown steadily longer, wider and more expensive without resolving the question it keeps being asked: what happens to the house reef.
Every runway extension proposal ever filed for Velana International — from the 2005 ADB feasibility through to the 2026 tender — plotted at the same scale.
Five proposals to extend Velana International’s single runway have been tabled since 2005. Four were rejected. The fifth, filed last month, asks the cabinet to approve a 1,200-metre extension onto reclaimed reef flat — and re-opens every one of the old arguments.
Our comparison of the five proposals, at the same scale and projection, shows a project that has grown steadily longer, wider and more expensive without resolving the question it keeps being asked: what happens to the house reef.