Travellers, tourists and businesses rely on safe and efficient local and regional airports. Canada's local and regional airports create good, middle-class jobs, keep our supply chains moving and connect our communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast.
Member of Parliament for Cape Breton-Canso, Mike Kelloway, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Pablo Rodriguez, announced today that the Government of Canada is making major investments to strengthen air safety at the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport.
Through Transport Canada's Airports Capital Assistance Program, the Airport is receiving more than $7.4 million to rehabilitate Runway 06-24, including associated edge lights. This rehabilitation work will help keep passengers, airport workers and crews safe by ensuring airside surfaces remain in top condition.
This funding is in addition to more than $4.1 million in Airports Capital Assistance Program funding provided to the Airport since 2016 for projects and equipment, including the purchase of snow removal equipment and two aircraft rescue firefighting vehicles (ARFF), along with the construction of a storage garage for the ARFF and the rehabilitation of Taxiway J2 and associated drainage systems.
