Photo by Borj Meneses
CLARK FREEPORT – The New Passenger Terminal Building of the Clark International Airport here has been completed end of last month.
“Under the aegis of the Duterte Administration’s Build, Build, Build Infrastructure Program, the airport expansion project for CRK has been completed by end September, ahead of its original October target completion date,” the Department of Transportation said in a statement posted Tuesday in its official Facebook page.
The statement cited the DOTr itself, along with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority and GMR Megawide, the firm that won the airport’s EPC contract, that “ensured the accelerated construction works at CRK, and thus made a huge headway, while still observing strict health and safety protocols to protect workers and other project stakeholders.”
Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade has directed commencement of operations at the new terminal in January next year, the statement said.
“Once operational, it is projected that CRK’s current operational capacity will get a boost, and the airport’s passenger volume will be tripled from the current 4.2 million to 12.2 million annually,” it added.
This development, the DOTr said, will elevate CRK’s stature as “Asia’s Next Premier Gateway,” and is expected to significantly help in decongesting the passenger traffic at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
The CRK airport is also seen to accelerate economic progress in Central Luzon and will provide an array of opportunities for job generation and more rapid tourism and socio-economic pursuits in the entire region, and the rest of its neighboring cities. PR/DOTr
