The province of Alberta has allocated over $1.1 million in funding to support regional and municipal airports, aiming to improve 10 different airports including Lethbridge's. Feasibility studies will be conducted in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge to investigate growth and development opportunities.
The province has announced more than $1.1 million in funding to support regional and municipal airports across Alberta . As Brandon Cassidy reports, the money will help grow the airports and the communities they serve.
The province is aiming to improve 10 different regional airports, including Lethbridge’s, with $1.1 million in grants.A feasibility study in Medicine Hat will investigate growth and development. The Lethbridge airport’s study will focus on hangar development. Jason Elliott, corporate services manager for the City of Lethbridge, is excited about this opportunity.
“We’re optimistic that with this work we’ll be able to dig in, we will really find out what the regions are and be able to put a plan in place to activate either some capital money or business plan to develop commercial space at the airport,” said Elliott.Trevor Lewington of Economic Development Lethbridge says there’s real value in having a healthy and thriving airport in the region.
“One of those things is connectivity with passenger flights, of course. But the big money maker for a region is usually freight. So, a better understanding of supply chains and how goods can move in and out of an airport is important, and of course, you have to have the right facility.”“Everything from specific aviation airside businesses, supporting the aviation industry fuel services, storage space, those sorts of things,” Elliott told reporters.
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