Basant 2009 will be celebrated, but not officially.
I have met with local shop owners of kite sellers. They said that they will announce the basant date in the city, same as 15-16 March 2008.
I dont know about lahore basant because lahore is a very populated city and risk of deaths & injury is very high due to basant, especially in big cities.
So lahorians cannot fully enjoy basant right now..