Arua Airport Set for International Standard Upgrade; Entebbe Airport Expansion Projects Underway
Arua Airport is slated for development into an international facility through a build, operate, and transfer model, with a feasibility study to be conducted by private investor M/s East of Eden.
Arua Airport is to be developed into an International Airport under a build, operate, and transfer model.
A feasibility study is to be undertaken by a private investor M/s East of Eden.
The Minister of Works and Transport Gen Katumba Wamala on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, signed a memorandum of understanding with the investor following approval by the Solicitor General.
This comes as the development of Kabaale /Hoima International Airport in Hoima, is being undertaken by SBC (Uganda) Ltd, a joint venture of SBI International Holdings AG and Colas, UK.
The project is financed 85% by UK Export Finance (UKEF) and 15% by Commercial Source-Standard Chartered Bank. The value of the Contract is €309,100,256 of which €264,077,144 is for Construction.
Government is also constructing Entebbe International Airport’s new terminal expected to be completed in July 2024.
The revelation followed the launch of a modified terminal building on Wednesday constructed by the UPDF Engineers Brigade.
“The pending project that China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) is working on, is the construction of a new terminal building next to the current terminal. That terminal will be completed in July 2024. It is different from the modified terminal that we opened yesterday (Wednesday), which was funded from internally generated resources,” Luggya told New Vision on Thursday, January 11, 2024.
He explained that CCCC is working on the bigger project for the upgrade and expansion of Entebbe Airport, which includes all the other mentioned projects like the new cargo centre, resurfacing of runways and associated taxiways (all completed), and expansion of Aprons.
The upgrading and expansion of Entebbe International Airport is being undertaken by (CCCC).
The newly built 10,000-square-meter cargo center was commissioned in April and construction of a new terminal building covering an area of 20,000 square meters is halfway complete.
