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Future plan is build a $15M terminal on Tinian
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Posted on Apr 02 2019
Part of the Commonwealth Ports Authority’s future plan is to build a $15-million international terminal at the Tinian International Airport to accommodate direct flights from Asia.
This will allow CPA Tinian to have expanded arrival and departure areas to accommodate offices for the U.S. Customs Border Patrol and U.S. Transportation Security Administration, along with the CNMI regulatory agencies.
At the same time, CPA Tinian will be able separate the commuter passengers from the international passengers, says CPA’s Strategic Planning for CNMI Air and Seaports for Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. The international terminal project is among the many projects outlined in CPA’s Strategic Planning report issued yesterday.
CPA estimates it will take three years to begin the $15-million project and that its funding source is pending.
CPA executive director Christopher S. Tenorio said the Strategic Planning outlines what the staff and management have identified as priorities that CPA will pursue over the next four years.
“It is designed as a framework to focus our efforts and resources as we work to improve our infrastructure and our delivery of services to the traveling public, our industry partners and the people of the Commonwealth in general,” said Tenorio in a statement.
CNMI ports, he said, are critical to the growth of the economy.
“We want this strategic plan to be a reflection of the collective desire of our policy makers, our industry partners and the people of the CNMI,” Tenorio said.
The executive director invited input and dialogue from policy makers and industry partners such as the Marianas Visitors Authority, Hotel Association of the NMI, and the Saipan Chamber of Commerce, to help fine-tune their action plan to best meet the overall goals, objectives and needs of the CNMI’s tourism industry.
