GUYANA: Cheddi Jagan Int'l Airport expansion plans take flight

The Government of Guyana says it is going ahead with the planned expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.



The announcement by Public Works Minister Robeson Benn comes even as the $5.6 billion allocated to the country’s transportation sector programme was slashed by the National Assembly.



The government has already spent US$20 million for mobilisation, field and laboratory works for the airport expansion project that will include the construction of a new terminal building.



The project also involves the extension of the airport’s main runway by 3,500 feet to accommodate large aircraft and the construction of eight international parking positions that includes a dedicated position for cargo aircraft.



Benn says along with the four-lane highway now under construction, the airport expansion project is part of the government’s ongoing efforts to transform and modernise the country’s infrastructural landscape.