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| Chairman of the St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA), Mr. Linkon Maynard |
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, FEBRUARY 6TH 2006 - St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is to tour the multi-million dollar expansion project at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Douglas, who is also Minister of Finance and Tourism and representatives of the local media, will be updated on the project which began last month and is expected to be completed by November this year.
The St. Kitts and Nevis leader will be accompanied on the tour by the Chairman of the St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA), Mr. Linkon Maynard and officials of the Jamaican construction company, Surrey Paving and Aggregate.
The US$17 million project financed by loans from the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank and the Republic of China on Taiwan, includes expansion of the parking apron to accommodate six-wide-bodied aircraft at the same time, complete resurfacing of the 8,000-foot runway and construction of a new taxi-way.
