BVI To Develop New Airport
British Virgin Islands leader Ralph T. O’Neal has signed a contract with
British firm Halcrow Group for the re-development of the airstrip on the island
of Virgin Gorda into a new airport. The airport will replace an airstrip originally constructed in the 1960s by
the owners of Little Dix Bay Hotel, who owned and operated the facility as a
private entity up until the late 1990s when it was purchased by the BVI government.
The airport will be brought up to international standards and be capable of
accommodating 19-seater aircraft. In a ceremony to mark the signature of the contract last month, Premier O'Neal
said that the government has placed "its trust and confidence" in
Halcrow Group, and he expressed his belief that the British company will deliver. Halcrow group is one of the leading consultancies in the transportation, water
and power, maritime and property construction sectors. The company has had
experience of developing aviation facilities in the Caribbean, having previously
developed airstrips in Monsterrat, Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. .
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