PANAJI: The newly commissioned
parallel
taxi
track
at Goa International
Airport
has been
shut
and a portion of its embankment has been excavated to clear up an old storm water
drain
. The authorities have consequently issued a NOTAM (notice to airmen) stating that the track will be unavailable till August 29.
Goa airport
director Gagan Malik, however, said
repairs
are likely to last only for a week and that the NOTAM would be withdrawn by the next weekend.
The 3,700-m-long
taxi
track was built at a cost of Rs 125 crore by Dilip Buildcon Ltd (DBL) and was commissioned last December. The taxiway itself has not been touched.
“Due to work on taxiway A, a portion of taxiway A between the first link from civil dispersal to parking stand 11, including taxiway N1, is not available till August 29,” said a source citing the NOTAM.
The parallel taxi track allows aircraft to independently line up for departure or quickly leave the runway after landing, thereby significantly reducing arrival and departure times at the airport, specially during peak traffic hours.
“Only a limited part has been excavated, where we are solving a drainage issue. It’s a repair on the exit part of an old Navy drain for discharge,” said Malik. He explained that the NOTAM had been issued as a precaution.
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