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Third Phase of BIA expansion project

by Rajmi Manatunga

Construction work on the third phase of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) expansion project will commence next week.

Director of the BIA expansion project O.J.S Perera told the Daily News that they hoped to start work on the passenger terminal building which constitutes the third contract package of the project, during the next few days. The third package consists of the expansion of the passenger terminal building, the renovation of 4,300 sq metres of the present building including the addition of an arriving passenger baggage belt and eight aerobridges.

Chairman of the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd., Hemasiri Fernando said that initial work on the first two packages have already commenced. "The entire expansion project comprises four contract packages and one consultancy contract.

Following tender procedures, aviation authorities selected competent contractors for three contract packages including Tize-Mitsubishi and MAGA, a local contractor," he said.

The former is in charge of the repair work of the apron and runway and the improvement of utilities while the local contractor is carrying out the expansion of cargo facilities up to a capacity of 100,000 metric tonnes.

"Arrangements for the fourth contract package (improvement of air navigation equipment) have not been finalised yet. Recommendations have already been made and we are awaiting Cabinet approval," Fernando said adding that the project will be formally inaugurated next month.

The project with an estimated cost of US $ one billion is financially assisted by the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation.

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