Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, the Hon. Chester Cooper provided an update on ongoing works being done at airports on the family islands on Tuesday.
Mr. Cooper told reporters of the progress being made at the Exuma International Airport and the North Eleuthera Airport. He said, “we expanded the original footprint to now be able to accommodate 400 passengers in the departure lounge. We hope that the construction will finish soon otherwise we might need to revise it again giving the growth we are seeing in Exuma.”
On the Eleuthera airport he said, “a lot of the preliminary works in terms of bringing the existing terminals up to speed. Work has started already on the airside. Last I was there, a week or so ago, they’d been clearing on the eastern end of the runway and that work is progressing as well.”
Mr. Cooper also spoke about the development of the Grand Bahama International Airport. “As you would have imagined and appreciated the airport flooded many times. Therefore we had to get sufficient environmental geotechnical studies and I think we’re at a point that you should see active construction on the site real soon.”
