Maafinolhu airport reclamation work starts
Most of the trees will be razed for a runway and other airport buildings.
21 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Reclamation work started near Hoarafushi Friday for the development of a new airport, local media reported, as the government presses on with building projects ahead of September’s presidential election.
The new airport is to be built on Maafinolhu, an uninhabited island about three kilometres from Hoarafushi in the northern-most Haa Alifu atoll.
Most of the trees on the island will be razed for the MVR64 million (US$4.12 million) construction of the runway and other airport buildings.
The state-owned MTCC began the reclamation with its dredger Mahaa Jarraaf, which was also used to reclaim the mangrove system of Kulhudhuffushi late last year.
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