CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: London Gatwick "has just completed (Sept 2022) an innovative plan to resurface its main runway".
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- Sep 30, 202290% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Gatwick Completes Main Runway Resurfacing
Gatwick Airport finished an overnight resurfacing of its main runway's busiest sections in September 2022, using a leaner method that cut the job to half the usual time and cost, using 70% less asphalt.
- Gatwick completed the resurfacing of its main runway in September 2022, in half the time and at half the cost of the traditional approach, per VINCI Airports on 5 October 2022
- Only the most heavily trafficked sections (landing and exit areas) were resurfaced, as other sections had seven to ten years of life left
- Both asphalt layers were laid in a single night instead of two; 40,000 tonnes were laid, 100,000 tonnes less than normal, using 70% less asphalt over about six months
- The original 2020 plan was halted by the pandemic and redesigned; old asphalt was recycled as road aggregate and a temporary on-site batching plant cut lorry travel
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=MtkWdIYPJ1oyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Sep 30, 2022 ✓· 99% of score
Happened as dated, per the source: London Gatwick "has just completed (Sept 2022) an innovative plan to resurface its main runway".
- [2]78%Gatwick hails "innovative" runway resurfacing initiativebusinesstraveller.com· Published Oct 11, 2022· 0% of score
- [3]90%London Gatwick completes its main runway resurfacingen.newsroom.vinci-airports.com· Published Oct 5, 2022· 0% of score
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