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Airport Expansion Project grounded? Gov’t ‘considering next steps’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – During the Eighth Sitting of the Second Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA) on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering refused to give details as to why the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport expansion project is not moving forward.
As Gov't confirms VINO's story, more details emerge on airport contract award
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some five days after Virgin Islands News Online first and accurately broke the story (December 22, 2016) that the Cabinet of Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) had awarded the Terrance B. Lettsome runway expansion project to China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC), the Government has also confirmed our article.
Airport Expansion Project still on hold
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In order to continue the expansion of the runway at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is awaiting results that are to be retrieved from an underwater device that monitors waves and currents.