MCC AIRSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY

Mali - Bamako-Senou Airport Improvement Project - AIRSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY: This Project Activity will improve the design parameters (geometry and bearing strength) of the airside infrastructure and improve safety and security operations such that the Airport can more efficiently accommodate a greater volume of air traffic, a wider range of destinations and heavier aircraft and payloads in the future.

Improvements will include reinforcement and resurfacing of existing runway, taxiway and apron area pavements, including stabilization and reinforcement of the shoulders associated with the airside pavements; extension of the runway by roughly 480 m to the northeast in order to allow long-range aircraft to take off with maximum payloads; expansion of the aircraft parking apron area; transfer/replacement and upgrading of air navigation aids following the runway extension; refurbishing and extension of the airfield lighting systems; reinforcement of airside security equipment and facilities, as needed, in order to satisfy International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards and recommended practices and complement other security works and equipment; improvements to the earthworks and drainage of the airport airside, as needed, in order to satisfy relevant Malian standards; extension of the taxiway system by construction of a stub taxiway connecting the runway and the aircraft parking apron, a partial parallel taxiway and an aircraft turnaround at the northeast end of the runway.