Qatar to Build a New Airport on Reclaimed Land
Qatar is set to build a new airport which will be sited partly on land reclaimed from the sea, at a cost of US$2 billion, according to an announcement made by Qatar Airways earlier this week.
Coastal oceanographers and engineers from 17 European leading institutes in Europe have embarked on a three-year project known as SandPit that they hope will enable them to assess once and for all what effects sand dredging may have on seabed ecosystems and nearby coastlines. The output of the project is expected to help the development of European guidelines for sand dredging, and influence the location, water depth and distance from shore of commercial sand mining operations.
The company announced that construction will begin in mid-2004, and should be completed in 2015.
The statement said that approximately half of the new airport will be built on reclaimed land, and the first phase of the construction, which is scheduled to finish by early 2009, will allow the new airport to accommodate two Airbus A380-800 aircraft.
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