Mamamah International Airport

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Mamamah International Airport
Mamamah (Sierra Leone)
Mamamah
Mamamah
Characteristics
Coordinates

8 ° 22 '49 "  N , 12 ° 54' 19"  W Coordinates: 8 ° 22 '49 "  N , 12 ° 54' 19"  W.
Transport links
Distance from the city center 55 km east of Freetown ,
29 km southeast of Masiaka
Basic data
opening 2022 (originally planned)
operator Sierra Leone Airports Authority



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The Mamamah International Airport , also Sierra Leone Airport or (New) Freetown International Airport, was an international airport in Sierra Leone, planned in 1973 and then since 2012 and under construction from March 2018 until the closure in June 2018 . It was to be built south of Mamamah (mi. 38, Port Loko District ), 55 kilometers from the capital, Freetown .

In June 2018, the new President of Sierra Leones announced the discontinuation of the construction project. Instead, Lungi International Airport is to be further expanded and a bridge ( Lungi Bridge ) is to be built over the Sierra Leone River . Construction of the airport was finally canceled in October 2018. The discontinuation of the project has been controversial since then.

background

The airport should the north of Freetown on the other side of the Sierra Leone River located Lungi International Airport replaced after its completion. It will also be administered by the Sierra Leone Airports Authority (SLAA).

Construction planning

The Ministry of Transport and Air Transport awarded the construction contract to the Chinese state-owned company China Railway International Consortium on December 12, 2012 . The construction should initially cost 190 million US dollars . In July 2013, the cost was given as 300 million US dollars, but revised back to 198 million US dollars in January 2014. Completion was planned for 2017. In a possible second construction phase, the airport was to be expanded.

Due to the Ebola fever epidemic , construction was postponed. In June 2016, President Ernest Koroma assured that the construction project would be adhered to. According to the Chinese ambassador, construction should begin in December 2016, but due to the lack of agreements between Sierra Leone and the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund , construction could not begin by February 2017. Plans from March 2018 envisaged completion for 2022 Template: future / in 2 years. The construction costs are said to be 318 million US dollars.

Controversy

In April 2016, representatives of the World Bank had already stated that the new airport building was currently not "economically viable". Instead, one should invest in the expansion of the existing airport. The World Bank would finance two ferries for the crossing to Freetown.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b We are committed to Mamamah Airport project - President Koroma tells Chinese delegation. (No longer available online.) In: statehouse.gov.sl. June 8, 2016, archived from the original on December 3, 2016 ; accessed on January 23, 2017 .
  2. ^ Freetown International Airport Project (Mamamah) underway. Ministry of Transport and Aviation. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Work begins on Mamamah Airport in Sierra Leone. Construction Kenya, March 21, 2018 .
  4. ^ Sierra Leone To Get A Brand New Airport. Cocorioko, December 13, 2012 ( Memento of February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved January 12, 2013
  5. ↑ 2012 Investment Climate Statement - Sierra Leone US State Department
  6. ^ President Bio abandons Koroma's plan for a $ 400 million airport. Sierra Leone Telegraph, June 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ President Engages Bio Power China on the Construction of Lungi Bridge. State House Media and Communications Unit, September 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ One of Africa's poorest countries has pulled the plug on a $ 400 million China-funded airport. Quartz Africa, October 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ Mamamah Airport More Important Than Lungi Bridge. Sierra Express Media, October 12, 2018.
  10. ↑ Sierra Leone Signs $ 190 million Agreement With China For Airport Construction. This is Sierra Leone, December 14, 2012 , accessed January 12, 2013
  11. ↑ Sierra Leone, China sign $ 8bn deals. BusinessReport, July 6, 2013 , accessed July 25, 2013
  12. ↑ a b EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Logus Koroma, Tam -Baryoh make peace. Cocorioko Newspaper, January 8, 2014 ( memento of February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 17, 2014
  13. ↑ Mamamah Airport profiles. Center for Aviation , accessed February 18, 2014
  14. ↑ Sierra Leone News: Mamamah Airport construction to start December. In: awoko.org. Awoko Newspaper, October 6, 2016, accessed January 23, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Mamamah airport still on course. Awoko, February 22, 2017.
  16. ↑ Sierra Leone launches $ 318m Chinese-funded airport. The East African, March 7, 2018.
  17. ↑ Mamamah Airport Is Not Needed At This Time - World Bank Warns President Koroma. Sierra Loaded, April 5, 2016.