Nadzab Redevelopment Program

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, Walter Schnaubelt, were at Nadzab yesterday, to receive the president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Professor Tanaka Akihiko.

Professor Akihiko came to Lae to visit the Nadzab Airport Redevelopment Project, and unveil the renamed Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport.

The K750 million upgrade was made possible through a Japanese Overseas Development concessional loan and a PNG Government budgetary allocation.

The students had a tour of the multi-million Kina Nadzab Airport Redevelopment Project in Morobe Province.

Field Trips are a critical part of the students’ learning experience, which allow them to see the different aspects of their broad Civil Engineering study program.

The Nadzab Airport Redevelopment Project is a major multi-disciplinary engineering project comprise of earthworks, drainage, water supply and sewerage works, pavement works, building including structural works, electrical and mechanical works including air-conditioning, and architectural works.