Lagan Tractors and Trailers in Convoy From L'Eree to Guernsey Airport

This video shows Lagan Construction taking their John Deere tractors and trailers on a convoy from L'Eree car park to the west end of Guernsey Airport, where they were working. Two of them are then seen unloading their trailers on the site. Lagan Construction drivers often used L'Eree car park for their breaks, which gave the public the chance to see a lot of their tractors and trailers in one place.They would have loaded their trailers with granite hardcore stones, (large granite aggregate) like the size of railway ballast, at Ronez, Les Vardes quarry, several miles up the coast from L'Eree. You will see me following one all the way to Ronez quarry on a future video.
AIRPORT HISTORY AND LAGAN CONSTRUCTION'S WORK
Guernsey Airport opened on the 5th May 1939, and today handles nearly a million travellers every year.
In 2002 the new airport terminal building, car park and surrounding area, was built by Hochtief and became operational on the 19th May 2004. Hochtief also demolished the old terminal building that dated from 1939.
Originally Guernsey Airport had four grass runways, but 1960 saw the construction of a new single tarmacked runway 4,800 ft (1,463 m) long.
In March 2012, Lagan Construction began work on a major programme of essential maintenance and improvements, representing probably the largest development at the airport in more than 70 years. The project was called Airport 2040 and the work that was done is expected to keep the airport going until the year 2040. The work which cost £80million (€93 million at the time) was due to last 22 months, but actually finished two months ahead of schedule.
The work included:
* Construction of an additional 120 metre runway section to the west.
* Create longer grass safety areas at both ends of the runway.
* Removing a long dip in the runway by building it up.
* Resurfacing of the whole runway.
* Resurface all the taxiways.
* Extend the existing taxiway to join up with the runway extension.
* Install a new surface water drainage system.
* Reconstruct all the concrete apron areas.
* Construct new apron areas where there were grass areas.
* Provide additional aircraft stands on the aprons.
* Install new ground lighting.
* Install new navigational aids.
* Move and replace all the runway approach lights.
Most of the work on the apron was done during the day, but the work on the runway was mainly carried out at night, while the airport was closed. The runway then had to be returned to a usable state prior to reopening at 6am each morning. That element of the project was expected to last around seven months. To carry out the work, Lagan Construction built a concrete batching plant on a field opposite the airport entrance, it built a village of portacabins near the Mallard Hotel to house it's staff, they built an office block built out of portacabins on a site at the back of the spectators car park at La Villiaze and they built a temporary dock at St. Sampsons Harbour.
This dock was where small cargo ships constantly delivered different grades of sand and aggregate for the project, which were then stored in huge heaps on the Longue Hougue reclamation site. The sand and aggregates were then transported using a fleet of large trucks and John Deere tractors and trailers from there to Guernsey Airport. All the plant machinery and trucks used for the project arrived on the local RoRo ferries, Commodore Goodwill and Commodore Clipper and were moved in convoy from St. Peter Port Harbour, to the airport overnight, when the roads were empty of traffic.
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[@GamerGirlyearsago]

Can you make a video about excuses for being late to school?

[@shaunmarsh7930]

Nice video Mr Booojangles Unfortunately Lagan got away with regering their tractors in southern Ireland despite the fact they were delivered to Guernsey new strait from the dealership unregistered. when any other company or private vehicle has to be registered in Guernsey with in three weeks if it is to be imported for the long term use in the island. They were here for more than two years. Lagan had very few locally registered vehicles in use in their large fleet of locally based Vehicles on the island .

[@GuernseyDayne]

I was told they used red diesel as well, though I never found out for sure.

[@shaunmarsh7930]

@@GuernseyDayne it wouldn't surprise me

[@MrBooojangles]

Yeah I noticed they got away with using Irish reg numbers when here. Shows it's one rule for us and another rule for others with our States.

[@MrBooojangles]

I sent you a message on Facebook Shaun.

[@shaunmarsh7930]

@@MrBooojangles Hi Mate yes I'm looking at it now thanks

[@paulmahy]

Do you have any archive footage of the hydrofoils and Herm Trident III please?

[@MrBooojangles]

No sorry. I was only a young kid when they were around, LOL. The only thing I probably got them on is postcards.

[@paulmahy]

@@MrBooojangles Thanks anyway, worth a try!