The Airports Authority of Jamaica is planning to expand the Ian Fleming International Airport at Boscobel, in the parish of St. Mary. The main component of this proposed expansion is an extension of the length of the runway so as to make the airport capable of accommodating larger aircraft than those which are currently being served. The proposed extension will have the runway ending just beyond the edge of the existing shoreline. AAJ has also envisaged that the extended end of the runway will have to be heavily armoured in order to protect it from disruption by hurricane forces.

Description of services provided by our team for the assignment:

• Overall Project Management
• Collection and Analysis of baseline data for: marine water quality, air quality and emissions, noise modelling, terrestrial and marine floral and faunal communities, climate and meteorology.
• Collection and Analysis of community socioeconomic data via questionnaire community perception survey and Stakeholder/focus group meetings
• Analysis of potential project impacts including jet blast, explosion, fire and heat and recommended mitigation measures
• Analysis of Project Alternatives
• Preparation of Environmental Management and Monitoring Plans.