Airstrip (Total Disturbance 17.9 ha) and Borrow Pit (Total Disturbance 5.2 ha)
Airstrip Location Shazah Airstrip location (50 m wide by 950 m long raised at least 1 m above flood plain)
Area before airstrip was completed (2007) as a comparison
Shazah Airstrip under construction with material from Borrow Pit – Looking North (~50,000m3 fill extracted from borrow pit for airstrip) Borrow Pit Airstrip
Shazah Airstrip – Under Construction – Looking South. Note construction camp required for the construction of airstrip and further site development Shazah Airstrip under Construction Borrow Pit Construction Camp
heavy rip rap placed from quarried rock along road Heavy Rip Rap Placement
Heavy Rip Rap to protect airstrip against the annual flood Heavy Rip Rap Armour
Airport Fill – Raising the Airstrip Airport Fill against Rip Rap
Airport Fill from Burrow Pit
1 st Lift Complete Construction Camp 1 st Lift Complete
Airstrip upgrade
Completed airstrip
Construction Camp - Tulsequah