neeringGauteng Premier David Makhura has highlighted the importance of Lanseria International Airport (LIA), and planned projects around it, for the development of the north-west quarter of the province. He was delivering the keynote address at the recent official opening of the new control tower and fire station complex at the airport.
“Lanseria, in our vision, is a new economic node in the north-west of our province,” he affirmed. Apart from the some R1-billion being invested in the airport itself by its shareholders (Lanseria is a private-sector airport), another R9-billion is planned to be invested in developments around it, largely by other private-sector investors.
Altogether, these developments are called Lanseria Airport City. They will include industrial, commercial and residential projects. “Lanseria Airport City development – it sounds like a dream,” he stated. “Lanseria International Airport is the inner circle of that dream.
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