Chennai airport: Second runway in the offing

Chennai: The much-awaited commissioning of the secondary runway, along with the extended length covering the bridge over the Adyar river, is expected to take place by March-end.
Senior airport officials said the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has completed its part of security study and is awaiting permission and clearance from the directorate general of civil aviation.
Chennai airport director E.P. Hareendranathan said the AAI has completed the safety study and the Central industrial security force (CISF) that manages the security at the airport, would be posted near the Adyar bridge.
“The bureau of civil aviation security (BCAS) is also studying various means of providing security to the secondary runway,” he added.
Additional Chennai airport director H.S. Suresh said the primary runway badly needs milling work on both sides of the touchdown.
“We need the availability of the secondary runway to schedule re-carpeting or temporary milling work in the touchdown areas in the primary runway,” he added.
11/02/12 S Sujatha/Deccan Chronicle

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Categories: airports Feb 2012