New infrastructure will allow to serve 1,500 passengers
Within a year the new terminal for passengers will be completed at the Daniel Oduber airport which will have a capacity to accommodate 1,500 passengers and include four gates. At present it can only manage 900 people. The new structure will have an area of 23 thousand square meters, and its investment will amount to $ 35 million.
Daniel Oduber Airport
The building will have two floors with commercial areas, bathrooms, air conditioning and public services such as telephones and the Internet which will be usad to attend both international and local flights, in addition to receiving privare flight operations. The construction was managed by the concession's modal of public works, which is the second project awarded under the Arias Sánchez administration scheme.
"The President of the Republic's decision to convey Guanacaste finto providing the best possible infrastructure has been undertaken on an ongoing and planned basis for ovar three years now by the MOPT team," assured Minister Gonzales during the activity.
Last month at the presidential house the government settled and signad the contract with the consortium "Coriport SA", a company that will finance, build and operate the project.
The Coriport group is made up from the firms MMM Aviation Group, HAS, Brad & Tod Corporation, Cocobolo and 'Emperador Pez Espada'.
The company will charge passengers $ 7 for the 20 years of concession to recover its investment. The expansion of the Liberia airport responds to growth in the arrival of passengers and flights registered since its opening of international operations in 2002, and alter signing the contract, the document will be forwarded to the Comptroller for its referendum. Alter approval the company will have five months to address details regarding the design and financing.
It is estimated that the works will start around November and December of this year and will be ready six months later, Le. in June of 2010 in accordance with the bid submitted by the awarded company.
Courtesy of the newspaper El Mensaje **
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