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19th meeting of the TSDP-Air Component Steering Committee

Published: Friday, 22 September 2023 08:35

During this session, which took place on September 20, 2023 in Mbankomo, Cameroon, the members of the said committee approved the monitoring and evaluation report for the period from January 1 to June 30, 2023, of the Management Unit of the Transport Sector Development Project (TSDP)-Air Component.

Members of the board of directors of the CCAA during the working session

In two presentations, the project coordinator reviewed the implementation of activities. He went through the completed and accepted contracts, those being executed and awarded, social and environmental measures, and financial management over the last six months.

Among the completed and handed over contracts were, in Yaoundé, the following:

Rehabilitation of the 14.36-kilometer, bypass road of the Yaoundé-Nsimalen international airport.

Rehabilitation of access roads (and embankments) along the route

Economic asphalting of the patrol road and reinforcement of the security fence around the airport

Construction of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) building at Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport

Economic asphalting of the patrol road and reinforcement of the security fence around the airport

In Maroua, we note the construction work of five (05) boreholes equipped with electric motors for the water supply to the residents of the airport.

Ten (10) contracts are in progress. These are the construction of the EOC of Garoua whose rate of execution is more than 90%; the work of the EOC of Maroua estimated at 91%; the construction of classrooms for the residents of the airport of Yaoundé Nsimalen and Maroua Salack; construction or rehabilitation of boreholes in, Nsimalen, Garoua and Douala. And the construction of a bridge on the Yaoundé-Nsimalen bypass road.

A large number of social and community infrastructures have been built for the people living near the airports of Yaoundé-Nsimalen, Douala, Garoua, and Maroua, such as classrooms, latrines, rehabilitated health centres, and white tables, desks, and chairs.

The bypass road of the Yaounde Airport

Several contracts are awaiting signature, and some are in the process of being awarded. These include work on the patrol road at Douala International Airport and security fencing at Yaoundé and Douala International Airports.

The members of the steering committee urged the management unit of the PDST aviation section to do its utmost to complete the projects that have not yet been carried out on time.

These works were carried out within the framework of a financing agreement of 30 billion FCFA from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) granted to the State of Cameroon and retroceded to the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA), the Executing Agency of the Air Component of the Transport Sector Development Project (TSDP). The director general of the CCAA is in charge of these works.

The aim of this project is to improve safety and security at the four international airports selected in Cameroon (Douala, Yaoundé, Garoua, and Maroua) to comply with the international safety and security standards laid down by the ICAO. The project runs until June 30, 2024.