4HolerPoler
10th Oct 2006, 12:29
Good news for Cape Town
Work is about to start on an upgrade of facilities at Cape Town International Airport, in what Airports Company South Africa says is the biggest construction contract ever awarded in the Western Cape.
Acsa said in a statement on Tuesday it would invest close to R1.3bn on a new domestic wing, an upgraded approach road system, an elevated road separating arrivals and departures levels, and a second multi-storey car park. On the air side, air bridges and additional aircraft parking bays would be built. The project, which will take about three years to complete, was awarded to Grinaker LTA in a joint venture with Stocks and Stocks. The airport's general manager George Uriesi said it was currently a seven million-passenger-a-year airport. "By 2010 we forecast it to be a 10 million passenger airport. To be able to accommodate this increase in demand, we must develop our infrastructure to provide capacity and enhanced customer service," he said.
Acsa said though the next three months would see only the "land enablement" phase of construction, activities would increase noticeably from week to week. It urged airport users to arrive early for their flights.
4HP
Work is about to start on an upgrade of facilities at Cape Town International Airport, in what Airports Company South Africa says is the biggest construction contract ever awarded in the Western Cape.
Acsa said in a statement on Tuesday it would invest close to R1.3bn on a new domestic wing, an upgraded approach road system, an elevated road separating arrivals and departures levels, and a second multi-storey car park. On the air side, air bridges and additional aircraft parking bays would be built. The project, which will take about three years to complete, was awarded to Grinaker LTA in a joint venture with Stocks and Stocks. The airport's general manager George Uriesi said it was currently a seven million-passenger-a-year airport. "By 2010 we forecast it to be a 10 million passenger airport. To be able to accommodate this increase in demand, we must develop our infrastructure to provide capacity and enhanced customer service," he said.
Acsa said though the next three months would see only the "land enablement" phase of construction, activities would increase noticeably from week to week. It urged airport users to arrive early for their flights.
4HP