Gov’t greenlights resumption of CJIA modernisation

Cabinet has given provisional approval for the continuation of the contentious Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project and Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson yesterday said it would not exceed its initial US$150M cost and completion is expected by the second quarter on 2017.

The APNU+AFC government while in opposition had been critical of the project and had voted against funding for it