Fact Sheet

Welcome viewers! Here you get a quick glimpse of a few facts about the Argyle International Airport project and the IADC, the company charged with its development.

1. THE ARGYLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS COMING. It is scheduled to be completed and operational by mid 2013.
2. The project is being managed by the International Airport Development Company Limited (IADCL).
3. The IADCL is a wholly owned government company, governed by a twelve member board of directors.
4. Earthworks on the project began on 13th August 2008 and are being carried out by the Chatoyer-Che contingent, made up of Vincentian and Cuban workers.
5. Several foreign governments have so far contributed to the financing of the airport project. These countries have been referred to by the Hon. Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, as the Coalition-of-the-Willing.
6. The Coalition-of-the-Willing consists of: St Vincent and the Grenadines, Cuba, Venezuela, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Austria, and Malaysia.
7. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT of the project was done by Kocks Consult GMBH of Germany. Many of the RECOMMENDATIONS from this study are being implemented by the IADCL.
8. The history of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is being enriched by the discoveries of artifacts and human remains at an excavation site within the airport zone at Escape, Argyle.
9. The archaeological excavations, which unearthed artifacts and remains dating back some 2000 years, were done as a collaborative effort between the IADCL and the st. Vincent and the Grenadines National Trust, and carried out by a team of Archaeologists from Canada.