Kiev airport will be closed for a year due to the reconstruction of the runway. This was announced by the head of the board of directors of the enterprise Denis Kostrzhevsky.

Builders will dismantle the old asphalt pavement, reinforce the foundation and then erect a new concrete pavement that will have the strength of PCN 72. In the course of work, they want to increase the length of the strip by 460 meters to 2770 meters.

According to him, in 2022 they will prepare a project for the reconstruction of the airfield, and in 2023 they plan to start work..

" It will include work on taxiways, "

According to airport estimates, the work budget may range from UAH 2.5 billion to UAH 4 billion.. They plan to attract funds from the Kiev city budget, or by attracting private investment.

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On the construction of the Dnieper airport, Ukraine lost almost two billion [/ see_also].

The aerodrome renovation work will also include reinforcing taxiways and apron with aircraft stands to accommodate heavier airliners..

We will remind, in 2018 the airport "