Honduras to convert US-built airbase into airport for capital [View all]
Honduras to convert US-built airbase into airport for capital
AFP
December 23, 2015, 4:06 am
Tegucigalpa (AFP) - Honduras is to convert a US-built military airbase northwest of its capital into a civilian airport to replace the city's current one, considered one of the most dangerous in the world, officials said Tuesday.
The work on the Soto Cano base located in the town of Palmerola, 75 kilometers (50 miles) from the capital Tegucigalpa, will begin in mid-2016, take 18 months to complete, and is expected to cost $136 million.
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President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on his official Facebook page that the construction of an 11,000-square-meter (118,500-square-foot) passenger terminal on the base will create "more than 1,000 new jobs."
The American military built Soto Cano three decades ago as part of the US strategy to counter Sandinista rebels who took over neighboring Nicaragua, and other leftwing insurgents in Central America.
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