WORLD BANK PLOTS KIRIBATI AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
August 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank is developing a plan to improve the airports of the remote Pacific island state Kiribati. Costing an estimated USD26 million, the project would improve international airports Bonriki and Cassidy, and airstrips on Kanton island and 19 outer islands. An bank environmental assessment noted security was a priority at Bonriki airport, Tarawa Island, home of capital Bairiki. It noted: "The perimeter fence has been removed or vandalised so the new perimeter fence...must be protected by an ongoing security protocol. Runway lights and ...
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