According to the Namibian Airports Company (NAC), the Walvis Bay Airport upgrade project is progressing well.

The NAC is busy with upgrading the airport’s infrastructure, starting with the runway valued at N$202 million, the apron and the upgrading of the terminal building at N$95 million including fees, said Courage Silombela, acting strategic executive: projects, IT & engineering services

A polymer boundary fence will also be installed at a cost of N$ 48 million, which will be the first of its kind in the country.

“Furthermore, we are also installing state of the art X-ray scanners and metal detectors at seven airports in the country, including Walvis Bay, and that is a separate project from the upgrades.” he said.

Silombela added: “When looking at the terminal building, we can report that the engineering business unit is looking at coordinating the activities on the critical path to prevent unwarranted delays. We need to ensure that all the affected services, cables, ducts, and sleeves that need to be installed before the surface concrete bed are laid, are checked and they are working.

Source: allafrica.com