Davao Int’l Airport upgrade to start next year

DAVAO CITY – The P40.57 billion six-year modernization project of the congested Davao International Airport will start next year, an official of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) 11 here said.

NEDA 11 director Maria Lourdes Lim said the airport upgrading is one of the 75 projects identified under the massive infrastructure program called “Build, Build, Build” of the Duterte administration.

At least 17 of these projects are in Mindanao.

She said “Davao Airport Operations, Maintenance and Development Project” would rehabilitate existing terminal building and improvement of comfort rooms; expansion of existing terminal building, expansion of apron and vehicle parking area; consultancy services for the advance engineering, detailed engineering design and environmental impact assessment Study for Davao Airport Project; and construction of parallel taxiway and initial site acquisition for new airport site.

The modernization consists of additional facilities and necessary improvements to enhance the safety, security, access, passenger and cargo movement efficiency, and operational efficiency.

“The Philippines is experiencing an infrastructure boom. The government has embarked on an ambitious infrastructure spending set to transform the Philippine economy,” she said.

Lim added the government continues to invest in growth-enhancing infrastructure projects that increase access to remote regions, provide intermodal logistics solutions and ensure seamless intermodal passenger transport.