President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih personally attended and
commenced the work at H.A Hoarafushi Airport in a special ceremony held during
the peak hours of the day on the 31st March 2019.
Giving a speech at the ceremony, the president mentioned
that he will do his very best to make sure the progress of the airport runs
smoothly, and that the airport is finished as soon as possible.
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) was
officially handed the Hoarafushi Airport projects contract very recently, on
the 25th of March, 2019. And Managing Director of MTCC, Hassan Shah
says that the project will span up to 16 months.
In the past administration, the airport was to be built in H.A
Maafinolhu, but after President Solih claimed his position, he changed the
project to Hoarafushi because he believed that they should not be building such
structures on naturally uninhabited islands.
Fortunately, even though the Maafinolhu Airport project was
handed over in July to MTCC, Head of Projects at the company said that no work
had been done on the land reclamation of the island.
Besides the Hoarafushi Airport project, MTCC also handles
the work of three other airports Kulhudhufushi Airport, Funadhoo Airport and
Maavaarulu Airport.
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