Laos looks at new airport project

24 Feb 2015  2040 | World Travel News

VIENTIANE  The Lao government should grant a licence soon to a joint Lao-Chinese venture to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of a new international airport in Vientiane.
The Vientiane Times quoted Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s Civil Aviation Department general director, Yakua Lopangkao, as saying that a Memorandum of Understanding was under negotiation and it was expected to be signed by the end of the month.
The proposed airport will be located about 35 km from the city centre along Highway No 13 due South of capital. The road follows the course of the Mekong River.
inside no 1The study is expected to take at least two years to ascertain whether the site is suitable, after which the department will forward the results to the government for recommendation or comment.
“The project will have to stay away from densely populated areas and impose minimal impact on the community,” he said. “Once the construction of the project starts it will take at least five years to complete.”
The new international airport will replace the existing Wattay International Airport possibly between 2020 to 2025 when the present airport will reach full capacity, the director noted.
“So it is not too long…once we integrate into the ASEAN Economic Community and sign the ASEAN Open Skies framework we expect more flights.”
The government initially planned to build a new international airport in Dongmarkhai in Xaythany district, on Road No 10 about 18 km from the city.
However, in 2008, the project study, concluded by a Korean company, noted that the 5,000-ha site was too close to residences, offices, a market and the National Stadium and was a district that would accommodate further urban expansion.
No details were given to indicate ownership of land in the area of the new proposed site, but it likely to be state property.

sourced:ttrweekly.com 

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