Lennart Meri Tallinn Tender

ScopeTallinn Airport the future plans include expanding the runway by 600700 metres to serve regular long-haul flightsalso building of a brand-new taxiway new storage facilities a new point-to-point terminal and expansion of the existing passenger terminal so it can serve arriving and departing passengers on two different levels. On 21 February 2013 the environmental impact assessment of the airport development project started. The project includes the runway lengthening by 720 metres installation of the ILS Category II equipment also lengthening of the existing northern taxiway till the end of the expanded runway constructing of a whole new taxiway and a new apron area on the southern side of the airport installation of the new perimeter security systems and constructing of an engine test facility and dedicated snow storage and de-icing areas. Among other benefits the extension would enable planes to fly higher above the city of Tallinn by moving threshold of the runway further from Lake lemiste thus reducing noise level. The public discussion of the runway extension environmental effects evaluation report took place on 16 December 2013 and the construction work to extend the runway has begun on 1 May 2016. The length of the renovated runway is 3480 meters the construction contract was concluded with Lemminkinen Eesti. On 17 November 2016 the airport administration reported that the runway expansion works are completed thus the runway became the longest one in the Baltic states.The runway and the main taxiway were extended to the east and a new system of navigation lights was installed. In the summer and autumn of 2016 the construction work caused restrictions on nighttime flight operations but had no impact on scheduled operations. The soil of the safety area around the extended runway was enforced to reduce potential risks to aircraft in the event of runway overrun or excursion. In the course of the expansion work in 2016 some 45000 tons of asphalt and 4000 m3 of concrete were laid down also 60 kilometers of new duct access was built and 100 kilometers of new cables and 400 new navigation lights installed as well as 10 kilometers of new rainwater removal infrastructure built. The expansion of the airstrip increased the airports safety area by 41 hectares and five kilometers of new service roads were built.The whole expansion works must be completed by the end of 2017.Tallinn Airports runway 0826 On 12 June 2013 the City Administration of Tallinn approved a detailed planning for a 0.91 ha land plot on which a new 4430 m2 47680 sq ft maintenance hangar is going to be built.Total five-year investment plan amounts of more than 100 million euros.The airport is investing 126 million during the 20152021 period. The most important project is the reconstruction of the runway infrastructure at cost of 75 million. Additional investment of 2.5 million would be made in flight terminal in order to change its layout and i