The Civil Engineering Contractor October 2018 | Page 17

Turkey’s Istanbul New Airport (INA) is on track for an
October launch, serving 90-million passengers a year and
100 airlines. The INA is being built at a cost of USD12.3-
billion on the outskirts of Istanbul, with construction work
said to be 80% complete at the time of writing. The airport
recently achieved a milestone by demonstrating functioning
lights on the first of its three runways. The airport is being
commissioned to handle 90-million passengers a year and
will feature three independent, parallel runways, taxiways, a
terminal building, air traffic control tower, communication
and weather systems.
Once completed, INA is expected to become an
international passenger and cargo aviation hub, serving 100
airlines and reaching 350 destinations. The first runway at
INA is ready for take-off and landing, and runway number
one, which is 3 750m long and 60m wide, has been lit up.
IGA is the engineering, procurement, and construction
contractor for the project and is also the new airport’s
operator.
The new airport is said to have the ‘world’s biggest and
most sophisticated Airfield Ground Lighting’ at its first
runway. It features some 34 183 LED lights, while intelligent
lighting makes the visual guiding process easier and improves
situational surveillance and aircraft tracking systems. These
systems are designed to allow optimised aircraft routing
Britain’s Greater Manchester first ‘smart motorway’ has
become operational. A smart freeway is a section of highway
that uses active traffic management (ATM) techniques to
increase capacity by use of variable speed limits and hard
shoulder running at busy times. The technology went live
on the final M60 section between Junction 10 and Junction
18, making the entire motorway between junction 8 of the
M60 at Sale and junction 20 of the M62 at Rochdale fully
operational.
The system has been running successfully in other parts of the
country for several years and delivering smoother and more
reliable journeys.
WORLD NEWS
Turkey’s Istanbul New Airport (INA) is on track for an October
launch, serving 90-million passengers a year and 100 airlines.
to and from the gates, a more efficient traffic flow, and an
increase in safety.
IGA recently finished the baggage system, which constitutes
the airport’s core. Runway number one is ready for landing
with all the required equipment and in compliance with the
relevant global standards.
As part of the upgrade, an extra running lane has been
provided in each direction along the M62 between junction
18 and junction 20. Also, technologies such as CCTV
cameras and electronic signs have been provided along the
M60 and M62 sections, while variable mandatory speed
limits are being displayed to guide traffic along the motorway
at steady speeds, thereby tackling congestion and stop-start
driving conditions. Overnight resurfacing of key sections
of the M60 and bridge maintenance have begun in August,
as part of Highways England’s GBP100-
million investment in maintenance work
across the North West.
Four
more
smart
motorway
improvements, valued at GBP500-million
and delivering 90 miles of extra lanes
to the local motorway network, will be
constructed during the next few years. The
M62 Junction 10 to Junction 12 project,
which will link the M6 near Warrington
to the M60 near Eccles, will be the first
of these on which work will start later in
2018. Highways England has also planned
work under the M56 (junctions 6 to 8), M6
(junctions 21a to 26), and M62 (junctions
20 to 25) schemes.
Although this is the first smart motorway
in the North West, the system has been
running successfully in other parts of the
country for several years and delivering
smoother and more reliable journeys.
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