The large-scale airport paving and improvement project is expected to get underway in late July or early August, according to contractor Pacific International Inc.
PII since early this year has been mobilizing its equipment and facilities in anticipation of the airport work.
A large asphalt plant has been set up a mile to the west of the airport runway, at the Lojamwe weto quarry that PII operates.
A fleet of new trucks, paving equipment and other heavy equipment was imported by PII to facilitate the project. PII has also brought in dozens of skilled workers for the work that is funded by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
The first phase of the project is valued at $21.4 million.