The much-anticipated Douglas Charles Airport Runway Extension Venture in Dominica is poised for a major milestone, with completion anticipated by October.
The continued extension of the runway at Douglas Charles Airport stands as a pivotal endeavor. This initiative includes lengthening the airport’s runway by a powerful 185 meters, alongside enhancements corresponding to upgraded apron parking amenities and grooving to reinforce security throughout inclement climate.
Prime Minister Dr. Roosevelt Skerrit has beforehand introduced that the westward extension of the runway will grant plane an expanded take-off distance of 1,936 meters from runway 09, positioned on the mountain finish. It is a substantial improve from the present 1,756 meters.
Moreover, as a part of the extension’s benefits, the declared touchdown distance accessible on runway 27, located on the sea finish, will see a further 67-meter extension, reaching a complete size of 1,808 meters.
Along with the bodily extension, the runway will endure grooving enhancements to bolster security throughout moist circumstances, thereby instilling higher confidence in pilots in the course of the touchdown section.
An inspection was conducted last month, with the minister for tourism of Dominica, Denise Charles, main the positioning go to.
In the meantime, greater than 200 Dominican nationals are presently engaged within the building of the island’s worldwide airport, based on Skerrit’s last update about the ambitious project.
“On the development of the worldwide airport mission works are progressing very properly and on schedule,” Skerrit stated. “I need to additionally say that there are 207 Dominicans on the worldwide airport mission.”
Because the mission features momentum, he anticipates a major improve within the employment of Dominicans, including that the mission may make use of as many as 1,000 Dominicans in varied capacities.
A historic milestone was reached with the signing of a one-billion-dollar contract between the Authorities of Dominica and MMC Development Ltd., formally marking the graduation of the long-cherished dream of developing a global airport. The contract signing ceremony, which happened on the Windsor Park Sports activities Stadium on June 9, 2021, fulfilled a decades-old aspiration held pricey by the nation’s residents for over half a century.
