{"id":2871,"date":"2024-08-20T01:02:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2024-08-20T01:02:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:02:09","slug":"dr-bawumia-announces-2-billion-funding-for-cape-coast-airport-construction-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=2871","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Bawumia announces $2 billion funding for Cape Coast Airport construction project&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/85805543.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/85805543.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/85805543-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The flagbearer of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Patriotic Party<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=1188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia<\/a>\u00a0has revealed plans for the development and construction of an airport in Cape Coast if elected as president in the upcoming December elections.<br><br>According to him, $2 billion in funding has been secured from South Korean investors to begin the Cape Coast Airport project.<br><br>Speaking at the party\u2019s manifesto launch on August 18, 2024, Dr. Bawumia also pledged to construct a new airport in the Upper East region to boost economic growth and improve the country\u2019s aviation infrastructure.<br><br>\u201cI will facilitate the establishment, by the private sector, of a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Tamale Airport, to develop it into an aviation cargo, horticultural cargo, and logistics hub, commence the development of the Cape Coast Airport, for which funding has been secured under the Korean $2 billion facility, in collaboration with the private sector, and build an airport in the Upper East Region.\u201d<br><br>In 2023, the government conducted a feasibility study for a new airport in Cape Coast.<br><br>The government explained that the proposed Cape Coast Airport was necessary to enhance air travel in the central and western parts of the country, in order to boost tourism, trade, and domestic air connectivity.<br>Aviation<br>consultants Ayeh &amp; Ayeh, who were tasked by the government to conduct a<br>feasibility study, have since completed and presented their report.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flagbearer of the\u00a0New Patriotic Party,\u00a0Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia\u00a0has revealed plans for the development and construction of an airport in Cape Coast if elected as president [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2874,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions\/2874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}