Albury Airport taxiway upgrades encounter soil issues which will delay completion until November

The latest project to require additional expenditure is upgrades to taxiways at the city's airport with council recently allocating an extra $548,000 to the original contracted amount of $3.02 million.

A geotechnical was undertaken before the project started which council hoped to be completed before the end of autumn.

But the council has confirmed the works won't be completed until November.

"The redevelopment of the taxiways at Albury Airport has been extended to allow for a re-design of the pavement, following the discovery of poor sub-grade soil on site," Albury general manager Frank Zaknich said.

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"The re-design required stabilisation of a large area of the sub-grade as well as the replacement of unsuitable material with a layer of gravel on a geo-fabric underlay.

"This work, coupled with the separation of stages one and two of the project over winter to allow the work to be completed in better weather conditions, has pushed back the expected completion date to November.

"The important extra work has resulted in a cost rise of $548,000, which is funded directly from the airport budget and offset against projects recently deferred by council.

"The works are having no impact on the travelling public."

Late last month, council approved the additional funds to cover the cost of encountering extremely poor sub-grade conditions which the pavement design had not allowed for.

Contractor Antoun Civil Engineering was only submission within the allocated budget and felt the job could be completed within 20 weeks which was also less than others who bid for the works.

Antoun started on the latest major airport upgrade in early February.

The other major project in the city impacted by a soil drama was stage of the Lavington Sportsground redevelopment.

Unsuitable soil covered an area of about 16,000 square metres and varied in depth from 50cm to 1.5m in the area where a secondary sportsfield has been created.

It cost ratepayers an additional $3.2 million to remedy.

The company building stage one, Depan Group, later went into liquidation.

Meanwhile, an asbestos issue at Lavington has been resolved.

"The asbestos material found at the Hansen Yuncken worksite at Lavington has been safely removed by licensed contractors and a clearance certificate issued," Mr Zaknich said.

"An amount of bonded asbestos found near the site of the neighbouring new oval has been fenced off and inspected by a hygienist.

"It is scheduled to be removed on Monday."