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Last Updated: Feb 24, 2012 - 5:06:35 PM |
Public Works and Transport Minister the Hon. Neko Grant (right) is pictured with contractor Fletcher McIntosh chatting in front of the fire/crash rescue facility being constructed in Marsh Harbour, Abaco. (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson)
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Nassau, The Bahamas – The new $27.3 million international terminal, air traffic control tower and fire/crash rescue facility under construction in Marsh Harbour, Abaco is nearing completion.
The current 3,315 square feet building is being replaced with a new 24,000 square feet single storey terminal immediately west of the existing terminal.
Contractor Fletcher McIntosh makes a point to Public Works and Transport Minister the Hon. Neko Grant during a tour of the new airport facility under construction in Marsh Harbour, Abaco. (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson)
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The modern, state-of the-art facility will have the capacity to serve approximately 200,000 passengers who use the airport annually.
“We have a lot to be done,” said contractor Fletcher McIntosh. “In order to be finished there is some rough work that needs to be done.”
The Hon. Neko Grant, Minister of Public Works and Transport is pictured outside the terminal of the international airport presently being constructed in Marsh Harbour, Abaco. (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson)
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The airport’s design includes among other amenities a taxi call-up and public parking area; police, security and airport manager’s offices; concessions stands, combined domestic and international passenger departure lounge.
The Hon. Neko Grant, Minister of Public Works and Transport (first from right)and his team, inspect drawings of the new international airport under construction in Marsh Harbour, Abaco. Also pictured from left is John Canton, director; Colin Higgs, permanent secretary; Cephas Cooper, administrator; and Fletcher McIntosh, contractor. (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson)
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The Hon. Neko Grant Minister of Public Works and Transport said it is expected that the $4 million flight tower will be manned by Abaconians. “There is a recruitment programme going on as we speak so they can be trained in time to occupy the tower on completion of the building,” he said.
FES Construction Company Limited has been contracted to construct the new facility.
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