Plan for Andal airport city on course

Calcutta: Hong Kong-based Townland Consultants Private Ltd (TCPL) hopes to finalise the master plan for a proposed airport city project at Andal in the next six months.
Bengal Aerotropolis Private Ltd, in which Singapore’s Changi Airport is a partner, has asked TCPL for a detailed plan of the airport city, which will come up over 2,200 acres.
“We will create a framework for optimum land use within the city, keeping in mind the various components of the project — airport, industrial cluster and residential block,” Richard J. Durack, director of TCPL, said.
Durack was in Calcutta today to kickstart the planning exercise. About 600 acres have been earmarked for the airport around which the city will be built. Construction work is expected to start in the next one year.
Durack said two-third of the project land has been earmarked for light engineering, logistics and IT.
16/09/09 The Telegraph

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