The deputy of the National Development and Reform Commission, and the director of the Capital Airport Expansion Project, Mr. Zhang Guobao, said that an important project that will support the Olympic Games – the Capital Airport expansion project – has been completed and will begin operation on February 29. This is the first completed project, the largest project, and the project with the most investment, that will support the Olympic Games.
Once complete, the expansion will occupy a total area of 1,480 hectares. It will make the airport 1.5 times bigger than before. There is a budget of 27 billion yuan invested in this project.
Yang Guoqing, deputy director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation, said that after this airport expansion is complete, the city will not begin any additional extensions. At present the location of the new airport is being discussed; but the site has not been identified.
By People's Daily Online
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