The Ministry of Environment announced it has authorized the construction of the Pedernales international airport. The airport calls for the construction of a two-level passenger terminal and a runway of 3,100 meters long and 45 meters wide.
The airport is key to the development of the new beach areas in the southwestern province. The closest airport in the area, the Barahona’s Maria Montez International Airport was never operational because it was built before there were hotels in the area, and the sufficient number of hotels were never built. The government is betting on building thousands of hotel rooms in the Punta Cana area in the next five years to make the new airport viable.
The Ministry of Environment said that Environmental License Number 0492-23 authorizes the operation of the air terminal project on the Oviedo-Pedernales highway, specifically in the Los Tres Charcos section of the municipality of Oviedo.
The document also establishes a surface land extension of 13,978,821 square meters for the work and a construction area of 413,500.00 square meters.
“This is a transcendental step to continue with the execution of this important work, which is also already in the final review stage of its executive project,” indicated Victor Pichardo, executive director of the Department of Airports.
He said the ground studies for the runway, taxiways and aircraft parking aprons are nearing completion, including the pavement designs, giving way for the bidding process for the construction of these facilities to start soon.
The facility will also include restaurants, offices, control tower, heliport, a cargo terminal, a multi-service building, power plant, water treatment plant, incinerator, fueling area, mixed military building, parking lots, perimeter fencing and others.
The Cabo Rojo International Airport is part of the Abinader administration’s ambitious Pedernales tourism project, which involves constructing a series of infrastructure works, within the public-private alliance strategy, to develop the tourism industry in the southwest.
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Noticias SIN
Airport Department
30 May 2023