Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited (AASL) expects to commence construction of the building of the new terminal in September 2020 and it is expected it to be completed within three years AASL Chairman G. A. Chandrasiri said.
He was addressing an AASL organized awareness program to educate the key stakeholders on the BIA Terminal 2 construction project last week.
Japan Airport Consultants Inc. (JAC) and Nippon Koei Co. Ltd. (NK) are working on this project as the consultants. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been the funding partner for this project.
Under the project, a new multi-level terminal building, two new piers and a link course will be built. The ‘Package A’ consists of construction of new multi-level terminal building (Terminal 2) with an approximate floor area of 180,000 m2, where arrivals and departures are separated vertically, Pier no.2 and Pier no.3 with a link concourse, new parking apron and taxiways, elevated access roads, multi-story car park and public utilities. TAISEI Corporation, Japan, is the contractor for this project. Moving ahead with the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s vision: ‘Vistas of Prosperity and Splendor’, once completed, the new terminal will be able to handle another 9 million passengers per annum and which will enable BIA to handle 15 million passengers in aggregate per annum.
Addressing the gathering S Hettiarachchi, Secretary to the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation, highlighted the importance of completion of this project within 3 years for the development of the aviation industry in Sri Lanka. Further, he elaborated the key aspects of the construction project and the policy of the government.
Major General (Rtd.) G. A. Chandrasiri Chairman, AASL, Upul Dharmadasa, Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL), Rajeewasiri Sooriyaarachchi, Vice Chairman AASL, Board of Directors of AASL, Head of Divisions and senior officers of AASL, the top officials of Japan Airport Consultants Inc., Japan International Cooperation Agency, TAISEI Corporation and other officials of the key stakeholders attended the event.
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