18 May 2016

Kasane Airport improvement project is scheduled to be handed over in December this year.The project entails construction of a new terminal building and an air traffic control tower.

Speaking in an interview recently, the resident engineer, Mr Adriaan Badenhorst of AECOM company said   the project was 83 per cent complete, adding that 74 per cent of the monetary value had already been spent.

Construction of the terminal building commenced on November 2014.Mr Badenhorst said the completion date was yet to be revised.

Construction is being carried out by Steffutti Stocks and the new terminal upgrade followed an earlier upgrade of the airport runway from two kilometres to three kilometres to cater for larger aircraft.

Runway widening has also been carried out increasing it from 30 to 45 meters and was envisaged that the refurbished terminal building will accommodate 673 000 passengers per annum by 2030. ENDS