{"id":58239,"date":"2024-02-18T22:09:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T22:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport"},"modified":"2024-02-18T22:24:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T22:24:42","slug":"north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport","title":{"rendered":"North -West Authorities Source Land For New Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>North-western Province Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary Tradeson Mulofwa says the Provincial Administration is considering sourcing new land for the construction of the new airport.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking when a delegation from the Ministry of Transport and Logistics paid a courtesy call on him, Mr Mulofwa said looking at the rate at which the province is growing there is a need to have two airports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought it would be good to have alternative land where a big airport will be constructed so that this one becomes a city airport\u201d Mr Mulofwa stated.<\/p>\n<p>He said with barriers such as land encroachment and the gully forming around the current airport, kick starting the expansion project is being delayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are told that resources for the expansion of the airport are readily available but the current challenges are causing a delay, this is why we are looking at other options\u201d Mr Mulofwa stated.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mulofwa however stated that encroachers such as the churches have already been talked to and they agreed to move out to the alternative land that was allocated to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people, especially the churches that have built around the airport land have already been talked to, what is remaining is us taking action so that they see that we are serious\u201d Mr Mulofwa said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ministry of Transport and Logistics Director of Transport Nkumbu Siame said they are in the province to follow up with the council to see the progress they have made in resolving the problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. North-western Province Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary Tradeson Mulofwa says the Provincial Administration is considering sourcing new land for the construction of the new airport. Speaking when a delegation from the Ministry of Transport and Logistics paid a courtesy call on him, Mr Mulofwa said looking at the rate at which the province [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-58239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North -West Authorities Source Land For New Airport - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"North-western Province Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary Tradeson Mulofwa says the Provincial Administration is consider ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North -West Authorities Source Land For New Airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"North-western Province Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary Tradeson Mulofwa says the Provincial Administration is consider ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-18T22:09:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-18T22:24:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2024\/02\/sm_1708282378.69039.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"North -West Authorities Source Land For New Airport\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-18T22:09:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-18T22:24:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport\"},\"wordCount\":267,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2024\/02\/sm_1708282378.69039.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/north-west-authorities-source-land-for-new-airport\",\"name\":\"North -West Authorities Source Land For New Airport - 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