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Public Works Ministry assessing conditions of Matthews Ridge airstrip

Jan 28, 2012 News

 

The Public Works Ministry has dispatched a team to Mathews Ridge to inspect the area’s deteriorating airstrip.
According to Alphonso Mangah, Assistant Aviation Inspector, owing to the airstrip’s condition there has been a significant reduction in flights entering Matthews Ridge.
However, Roraima Airways continues to utilize the strip with two flights daily.
Some flight operators are utilizing Baramita and Port Kaituma airstrips as alternative entrances to the district. However, some residents find this inconvenient and are anxiously waiting for the airstrip to be rehabilitated.
Mangah noted that the airstrip’s deterioration started in mid December 2011 owing to the absence of routine maintenance works and heavy rainfall. He stated that the person responsible for maintaining the airstrip left the area since the first week in December.
When asked if anyone else was employed to maintain the airstrip, which usually accommodates eight flights daily, Mangah said he was uncertain what arrangements were made.
He explained that though the airstrip would undergo routine maintenance works, for several years no rehabilitative works were executed owing to financial reasons. He added that half of the airstrip’s surface is bitumen and the other is laterite and manganese. The section with laterite and manganese is more deplorable.

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