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Old 29th Nov 2005, 14:11
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I had a chat with one of the guys from the contract company.

Firstly, its not a el cheapo company. they are one of the biggest civil contractors in SA.

Secondly, they have repeatedly, at each runway inspection, stressed the fact to ACSA that the intersection needs to be repaired immediately. ACSA's only response was that they are not willing to close down the airport at night to do the work, So eventually, after 4 months, they did get the go-ahead to do it -but for one night only and its suppose to take 3 nights!!!!!

So, whose to blame? A-C-S-A. When will they realise that when you run an international airport, it needs to be maintained that way, even if it means closing down at night.

Dont you agree
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