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- Songwe Airport Project in Mbeya
Songwe Airport Project in Mbeya
Tanzania
Borrower | Tanzania |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Transportation |
Approved | 15.06.2005 |
Signed | 08.09.2005 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | BADEA |
Executing Agency | Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) |
Co-financiers | BADEA, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 4.62 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 17.10 |
The project will build a modern airport that is designed to handle larger capacity Boeing 737s and more strategically located on the outskirts of town. Works will include:
- construction of a 3,300 m-long runway, taxiway and parking apron;
- construction of new arrival and departure buildings and a control tower;
- installation of drainage structures and water supply and sewerage systems;
- installation of a new baggage-handling system; and
- procurement of up-to-date meteorology and communications equipment.