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Mar 10, 2011 (newstodate): The infrastructure of Latvia's Riga Airport is to be thoroughly redeveloped in a comprehensive project now to lift off.
The airport is planning to renovate the runway pavement and strengthen the runway strip, upgrade the runway lighting system in conformity with the international standards, build additional taxiways, and reconstruct the apron.
The plans also include building of aircraft anti-icing platforms, reconstruction of the storm water and underground drainage system, building of a new hangar for washing of the airfield service vehicles and another one for collection of waste.
-The project is of vital importance to the airport for several reasons. First, the 3,200m runway will have to be certified on 2013. Second, we must increase the runway capacity as much as possible by constructing rapid exit taxiways, says Arnis Luhse, Riga International Airport Chairman of the Board.
Project development works are to be completed by the end of November 2011, while building and reconstruction works will take place in the years 2012 2013.
About two-thirds of the total 66,945,228 lats project will be supported by the EU Cohesion Fund.
The project "Development of Infrastructure of Riga International Airport" will be drafted by a consortium formed by NAMS, the Latvian subsidiary of Denmark's engineering company COWI, and the Norwegian architect and civil engineering consultant company Aviaplan, owned 30 percent by COWI.
The airport is planning to renovate the runway pavement and strengthen the runway strip, upgrade the runway lighting system in conformity with the international standards, build additional taxiways, and reconstruct the apron.
The plans also include building of aircraft anti-icing platforms, reconstruction of the storm water and underground drainage system, building of a new hangar for washing of the airfield service vehicles and another one for collection of waste.
-The project is of vital importance to the airport for several reasons. First, the 3,200m runway will have to be certified on 2013. Second, we must increase the runway capacity as much as possible by constructing rapid exit taxiways, says Arnis Luhse, Riga International Airport Chairman of the Board.
Project development works are to be completed by the end of November 2011, while building and reconstruction works will take place in the years 2012 2013.
About two-thirds of the total 66,945,228 lats project will be supported by the EU Cohesion Fund.
The project "Development of Infrastructure of Riga International Airport" will be drafted by a consortium formed by NAMS, the Latvian subsidiary of Denmark's engineering company COWI, and the Norwegian architect and civil engineering consultant company Aviaplan, owned 30 percent by COWI.