Aviation Updates Philippines – The Philippines Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced that the new
Passenger Terminal Building of Clark International Airport, tagged as the
“next major global gateway, will be operational by January 2021.
Present during Wednesday’s site inspection were Executive Secretary Salvador
Medialdea, and the ‘Build, Build, Build’ economic team led by Finance
Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade,
Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado and Presidential Adviser for Flagship
Programs and Projects Secretary Vince Dizon, among other officials.
Dizon, during the on-site press conference, mentioned that the new terminal
is already 99.14-percent complete. Once finished, Clark Airport will now
have an annual passenger capacity of over 12 million from the current 4.2
million.
“When we envisioned this project, nobody believed. But today, they must
believe. I am very excited that this project is almost finished,” Secretary
Tugade said.
“Let’s make this operational by January of next year at the latest. I’m not
inclined to make any extensions,” the transportation chief stressed.
The Clark airport terminal project began construction in April 2018 and was
supposedly scheduled to be finished mid-2020. However, the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic slightly delayed the construction.
With a construction timeline of only over two years, Dizon said that the
Duterte administration might have set a record for completing a swiftly
mega-infrastructure project any government administration has undertaken.
Tugade said that Clark, including the airport projects in Sangley and
Bulacan, will hopefully decongest the aging Ninoy Aquino International
Airport.
Aside from the Passenger Terminal Building, there are more developments
underway for Clark International Airport. There will be a new eight-story
Air Traffic Control Tower, airfield ground lighting system, and new airport
radar.
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