DARAGA, July 7 -- he-clock construction work on the Bicol International Airport (BIA) is set to start this July to meet its target completion date within the year for priority facilities set by Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade.
Although the construction of the airport development project at present is in full swing, construction work will be done 24/7 starting this July.
The feasibility study of the Bicol International Airport originally started in 1996 and the notice to proceed was issued in July 2009.
Meanwhile, construction works for the runway, taxiway, apron and fences were mostly left uncompleted in 2012, and budget was reverted to the national treasury.
It was only when the administration of President R...