The airport at corvera is ahead of the revised schedule and they now hope to open it in the spring of 2011.They are working on it 24/7.
The high speed rail link from madrid to cartegena is also progressing at a pace and will stop at corvera airport. corvera airport will then be the only airport in spain to be connected to a high speed rail link imho.
The murcia government is being very proactive in its help. Chanel 7 is the local murcia tv chanel and keeps you up to date with progress reports and helps you with your spanish at the same time!