OFFICIALS of Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) said the new airfield ground lighting system (AGLS) at the Clark International Airport is now 81-percent complete.
CIAC President and Chief Executive Officer Aaron N. Aquino said the project costing P491,888,888.77 started on November 11, 2020 and will be completed on January 5, 2022.
The AGLS project includes the rehabilitation and upgrading of runway and taxiway lighting and signages and the construction of a modern 300kVA powerhouse with isolating transformers and lightning surge arresters.
"As the pandemic cases decline, we anticipate the recovery of the airport’s profitability in a new normal setting soon and this new airfield lighting project is expected to improve Clark’s air traffic control system especially with the new passenger terminal building,” Aquino said, after conducting a field inspection at the civil aviation complex.
Aquino was accompanied by CIAC vice president for operations Irish “IC” Calaguas, the agency’s project engineers and representatives from the Evercon Builders and Equipment Corp., the contracting company for the project.
The CIAC head added that despite the considerable decrease in air travel brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the ground lighting system project is part of CIAC’s initiatives in conformity with the government’s master plan for the Clark airport.
The AGLS project is one of two major components of CIAC’s airport infrastructure expansion program whose funding was approved via the General Appropriations Act of 2020 under the account of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, CIAC's parent company.