(GINA) - Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday, June 8, 2004, offered no objection to the award of a $231M contract in the Works Sector.
Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon made this announcement at a Media briefing Friday.
The contract is to fund the rehabilitation of the arrival terminal at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.
On June 2, Cabinet had also given its 'no-objection' to the award of another contract for work at the airport.
The award was for a US$4,353 contract for the procurement of navigation aids and communications equipment for the CJIA.
Several tenders have recently been advertised to upgrade and improve facilities at the CJIA.
A tender was approved to revamp the Executive Lounge to include a bar and an Internet café and the organisation that won the tender will commence work shortly. There are also plans to have duty-free shops in the Arrival Lounge.
Works are due to start on refurbishing the Lounge shortly and soon the arrival area will be closed for the start of rehabilitation works.
Retiling, installing new chairs and a roof are on stream this year for the gallery and when the Arrival Lounge is completed, work will commence on the viewing gallery.
Also, a contract has been given the 'no-objection' by Cabinet for the installation of cameras to monitor activities at various points at the airport.
Last year, 7,500 feet of runway was improved and upgraded. Lagan Contacting Company was hired to carry out the US$ 4.2M project.
The runway was part of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) project, and the threshold and runway lights were also part of this. The threshold lines and centre line markings on the 5,000-foot non-precision runway are being painted. This runway is used in visual flight conditions.
Four vehicles have been made available to the Airport, under the IDB programme for security, maintenance and operations.
A 3.3 kilometre road was constructed this year, also under the IDB programme, at a cost of more than US $30,000, and the Airport security, patrols the area at regular intervals.
Several new security scanners have recently been installed, including one in the Immigration Lounge and in the VIP Lounge.
CJIA Airport, Timehri is approximately a 45 minute drive from the City, and is the main point of entry into Guyana.