The airport of Leap will be ready to receive regional and cargo flights starting in November, when the remodeling works are completed, reported the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP).
The works, which began in July, will require an investment of 14,000,000 dollars, detailed the undersecretary of the MTOP, Juan José Olaizola. “Uruguay It needs to generate attractions so that airlines that operate in the region can have options and include our airports in their regional stopover plan,” he reflected.
For its part, Jorge NavarroInfrastructure and Maintenance Manager Uruguay Airports, consortium that manages the country’s airport terminals, pointed out that the work in Salto – along with those carried out in six other departments – aims to modernize the aeronautical infrastructure to adapt it to international standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), of the United Nations.
What changes will there be at Salto airport?
The Airport of Leap It has a large surface, a very wide perimeter and the safety strip is in relatively good condition, although it will change substantially once it is modified, Navarro pointed out.
Among the new technology that will be incorporated is the placement of a LED system. The same type of lighting will be used on the platform and the terminal.
The largest works correspond to the renovation of the landing strips, of which the main one is 1,600 meters long and the secondary one is about 750 meters long. In addition, the passenger terminal.
According to Undersecretary Olaizola, this is the moment of greatest demand for labor for the remodeling of the Salto airport, which is why 120 people are being employed in the works.
Uruguay Airport, meanwhile, highlighted that the improvements include the reconditioning of the roads and perimeter fence, and a new fire brigade will be erected that will operate 24 hours a day to respond to any emergency.
The plan for the airport to be binational
The mayor of Salto, Andres Limanegotiates with the government of the Argentine city of Concord so that the renovated airport is declared binational, taking the experience of what happened in the terminal Rivera.
In this way, the future airport “would have the advantage” that airlines arriving at any airport in Entre Ríos, in Argentinathey could do it to Salto, Lima highlighted.
In this regard, he began consultations with the Argentine company America Corporationof Eduardo Eurnekianwhich owns Aeropuertos Uruguay.
Source: Ambito
