Vanuatu's new minister for public utilities, Jotham Napat has signed the contract of a New Zealand contractor, Fulton Hogan to carry out emergency repairs at the runway of the Bauerfield International Airport in Port Vila.
Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has his eyes set on the airport repairs as a matter of urgency and wants to see the runway is fixed by April, as mandated by the Council of Ministers in an emergency meeting last Friday...
The value of the emergency repair work is approximately VT139million (US$1.2 million).
According to the project timeline, the government expected that the emergency repairs are completed by 06 April.