CTLR COMPLAINS ABOUT RWY CONSTRUCTION DELAYS AND SCHEDULE PLAN FOR OTHER RWY CLOSURES.

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AT BTR; RWY 13/31 IS UNDER REPAIR; AND HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. DURING THIS PERIOD; OTHER SURFACES HAVE ALSO BEEN CLOSED TO ACCOMMODATE WORK CREWS. INITIALLY; TAXIWAY A; WHERE IT CROSSES 13 WAS CLOSED TO REPAIR THIS PORTION. DURING THIS TIME; ALL ACFT WEIGHING MORE THAN 50000 POUNDS HAD TO BACK-TAXI ON THE RWY; EITHER GOING IN OR OUT. THIS RESULTED IN AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF OPPOSITE DIRECTION SITUATIONS; IN WHICH SEPARATION COULD NOT ALWAYS BE INSURED. THIS PROJECT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO LAST 21 DAYS; TAXIWAY 'A' WAS CLOSED ON OR ABOUT X MAY. ON OR ABOUT X AUG; TAXIWAY WAS REOPENED. A 21 DAY PROJECT THAT TOOK ABOUT 75 DAYS! THE WORK CREWS DID NOT WORK ON HOLIDAYS OR WEEKENDS; AND THAT'S WHEN THE WX WAS BEST! NOW THE ARPT HAS DECIDED TO CLOSE RWY 4R/22L; WHICH WILL LEAVE US ONE RWY. MOST CTLRS HERE HAVE NEVER WORKED ONE RWY OPS; SO I BELIEVE SAFETY WILL BY SEVERELY COMPROMISED. A SUGGESTION WAS MADE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NW PORTION OF RWY 13 WAS COMPLETED BEFORE CLOSING RWY 4R. THIS WOULD PUSH BACK CLOSING RWY 4R/22L ABOUT 3 WEEKS! PLUS; IT WOULD ALLOW THE CTLRS TO LAND SMALLER ACFT ON RWY 13 TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 4L/22R; THUS INCREASING THE SAFETY OF FLYING INTO BTR. THIS SUGGESTION FELL ON DEAF EARS AT THE ARPT MGRS OFFICE. HE WOULD NOT BUDGE. OBVIOUSLY; SAFETY IS NOT A CONCERN OF THE ARPT HERE IN BTR!