Kota Kinabalu: The multi-million ringgit Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) expansion project - that will see the reclamation of sea to accommodate a longer runway as well as a bigger passenger terminal - will begin early next year.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said preliminary works had actually started but the real scope of the project would start early next year as the Federal Government had already appointed the main contractor.
Speaking after chairing the State Action Council meeting at the State Legislative Assembly building in Likas, Tuesday, he said the State Government, on its part, would be rendering assistance to facilitate the project such as removing the squatter colony near the sea in Putatan.
Musa said the Council was briefed on the scope of the project by the Transport Ministry during the meeting.
He said the project would see the runway extended up to 3,780m (12,400ft) with full parallel taxiway and additional connecting taxiways, compared to the existing runway length of 2,988m (9,800 ft) with only partial taxiway.
The project was also to add more parking aprons to accommodate four B-747s, one AB-330, seven B-737s, three F-50s and three Dorniers.
The passenger terminal building would be extended to 53,513 sq m, with a total area of 79,000 sq m to accommodate about nine million pax (in 2004), compared to the present 25,487 sq m.
A new Low Cost Carrier (LCC) terminal, which is currently operating in Terminal Two, and airside facilities for five Air Buses would also be built.
As for precision approach, navigation aids (Navaids) and lighting would be made available at both Runway 02 and 20 under the projects.
On whether the project would affect the Royal Sabah Turf Club (RSTC) in Tanjung Aru, Musa said it would not since the runway extension would see the reclamation of the sea at the upper part of the KKIA.
The RSTC management had requested assistance of the State Government to shift their race course located at the lower end of the runway following the approval of the KKIA expansion project.
Courtesy of Daily Express
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