JNIA Terminal III construction to create 6,000 jobs
By James Kandoya
10th March 2015
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Tanzania Airport Authority (TAA)
Construction of Terminal III at the Julius Nyerere International Airport is expected to provide 6,000 employment opportunities when it is completed in 2017.
Under BAM international constructor, the total cost is expected to be euro 235m, equivalent to 518bn/- upon completion.
Tanzania Airport Authority (TAA) Director General Engineer Suleiman Saidi Suleiman said this during a briefing of the Parliament Standing Committee on the progress of the infrastructure after paying a visit to the construction site.
He said the construction is implemented in two phases, whereby phase one, which will cost euro 133m (equivalent to 293bn/-) would be completed in May 2016.
According to him, phase I will have the capacity of serving 3.5 million passengers annually from the previous 1.2 million served by terminal II.
He further said phase II which costs Euro 102 million (equivalent to 225bn/-) will be completed in 2017 and will serve 2.5 million passengers annually.
“It’s our hope that upon completion of the phase one and two, the terminal III will be serving 6 million passengers annually,” he said.
He highlighted that the construction of terminal III includes flight parking, car parking and access road, fuel farm and hydrant system, security fence, water reserve systems and compensation to the residents of Kipunguni.
He said whereas terminal III will be serving only international flights, terminal II will serve local flights.
He pointed: “Within the terminal there will be rooms for worship for both Christians and Muslims, breast feeding, children wears changing and special ways for people with disabilities,” he said.
The Guardian paid a visit to Terminal III of the International airport and witnessed the construction of apron and taxiway. All the work is at sub-base stage.
On November 24 last year, the TAA director general Engineer, Suleiman Said Suleiman said TAA had ambitious plans to modernise its air infrastructure by refurbishing and upgrading several of its airports including construction of terminal 3.
We did a massive expansion of the airside infrastructure and now we are doing the terminal facilities and access to the airport.
“We are carrying out the expansion of Dar es Salaam’s airport. We had been improving the infrastructure there over the last five years; between 2008 and 2013. This was due to the fact that Dar es Salaam airport was not user friendly,” he said.
The design capacity for this airport was 1.2 million passengers. We have around 2.5 million passengers currently passing through the airport annually. The first impression is disappointing and that is why we are coming with a new airport.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN