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Rehabilitation works start on Sunyani Airpot. INSET: Construction of fence wall around the airport is on-going<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOVERNMENT HAS awarded the Sunyani Airport to two contractors and rehabilitation work has started in "},"modified":"2019-07-25T21:20:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:20:16","slug":"sunyani-airport-rehabilitation-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/25\/sunyani-airport-rehabilitation-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunyani Airport Rehabilitation Underway –"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rehabilitation works start on Sunyani Airpot. INSET: Construction of fence wall around the airport is on-going<\/strong><\/p>\n

GOVERNMENT HAS awarded the Sunyani Airport to two contractors and rehabilitation work has started in earnest.<\/p>\n

The contract sum is about GH\u00a250m
\naccording to Deputy Aviation Minister Yaw Afful who is also MP for Jaman South.<\/p>\n

The companies, DAA
\nConstruction\u00a0 is supposed to\u00a0 build a fence\u00a0
\nwall around the airport while Resources Access Limited ( RAL) is\u00a0 doing rehabilitation including resurfacing
\nand extension\u00a0 of the runway as well as
\nseparate\u00a0 the departure hall from
\nthe\u00a0 arrival hall, a car park among others.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Minister paid a working
\nvisit to the site to supervise ongoing works last week. <\/p>\n

He said that the contract duration
\nis six months and all contractors are to finish work within stipulated time. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey are supposed to finish work
\nand hand over by end of January next year and the contract sum is GH\u00a250
\nmillion,\u201d he confirmed.<\/p>\n

He said the government is determined
\nto lift the Sunyani Airport and others to modern standards to make air travel
\nmore attractive within the country.<\/p>\n

Maxwell Yeboah, the airport manager
\naffirmed to Daily Guide via telephone that the project is expected to be
\ncompleted by January next year. <\/p>\n

He denied media reports that the
\nairport has been closed down totally and said although commercial flights are operating
\ncurrently, chartered flights do come to the airport. <\/p>\n

sHe said the rehabilitation works
\nare in two phases with the first being the construction of a fence wall around
\nthe airport to check encroachment, adding \u201cWhen completed it would enhance the
\nsecurity of the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second phase is rehabilitation of the whole airport and this includes resurfacing the runway that has developed potholes, increase the length of the runway and expand the airport parking base. It also includes separating arrival hall from the departure hall.\u201d <\/p>\n

danielyaodayee@yahoo.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

FROM Daniel Y Dayee, Sunyani <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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