KOTA KINABALU: A contractor involved in the RM1.4bil expansion works of the Kota Kinabalu international airport is waiting for the relocation of some 2,000 squatter families from Kampung Sri Tanjung to enable work to begin on the lengthening of the existing runway.
State Secretary Datuk K.Y. Mustafa said the contractor had informed state officials that they were prepared to begin work on extending the runway from the present 2.2km to 2.7km.
