Riga International Airport completes rapid-exit taxiway construction project
12 May 2021 (Last Updated May 12th, 2021 09:54)
The airport reconstructed a part of its runway and built a rapid-exit taxiway.
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With an aim to reduce carbon emissions, RIX started large-scale construction works in July last year. Credit: Avio2016 / Wikipedia.
Riga International Airport (RIX) in Latvia has completed the construction of the second rapid-exit taxiway and the reconstruction of a portion of the runway.
The taxiway has been constructed within the framework of the Cohesion Fund-funded project ‘Development of Safe and Environmentally Friendly Infrastructure at Riga International Airport.’
With an aim to reduce carbon emissions, the airport started large-scale construction works in July last year. The cost amounted to nearly $3.03m (€2.5m).