Airport · Kenya
How much did the expansion of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport cost?
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), formerly Embakasi Airport, is the main airport of Nairobi, Kenya, opened by the colonial governor Sir Evelyn Baring on 9 March 1958 and renamed in 1978, whose current terminal building was completed on 14 March 1978. Wikipedia says that in 1972 the World Bank approved funds for expansion including a new international and domestic passenger terminal, cargo facility, taxiways, aprons, roads and utilities, at a total project cost of over 29 million dollars (111.8 million in 2013 dollars).
Reported project cost
$29 million
Cost basis: 1978
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