HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-11-29, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012.Council pays for airport engineering report
North Huron Township Council is
going to release $8,500 from
reserves to pay for an airspace
protection engineering report for the
Richard W. LeVan Airport, however
the report may never be used.
Pat Newson, the Director of
Recreation and Facilities for the
township, requested that the money
be released from reserves after it was
set aside in 2010 for the project.
She expected that the report
wouldn’t require the total amount,
stating that the estimate for the work
is $7,000, and the rest would be put
into the township’s general coffers,
but explained that the report is
absolutely necessary.
She explained that the report
needed to be done because the
landscape of running an airport had
changed.
“Things are happening in the
province that haven’t before,” she
said. “Communication towers and
wind turbines are going up and,
without a zoning bylaw that prevents
tall structures from invading
airspace, we could be completely
defenseless.”
She explained that the document
could make issues simple to deal
with if they did arise, but did also
explain that the airport needs about
four kilometres of space to prevent
interference with global positioning
satellites (GPS) and systems that aid
pilots in landing their aircraft.
“We have to protect the GPS,”
Councillor Archie MacGowan said.
“That’s a big thing for corporate and
med-evac pilots.”
The report, however, will be
handed over to Morris-Turnberry
when it is completed as, to be
adopted through bylaw, it must be
handled by the township which owns
the land around the airport.
The airport is owned and operated
by North Huron but actually is in
Morris-Turnberry.
Newson said that, since the airport
is an asset for both municipalities,
she hopes Morris-Turnberry wants
to help and will use the document.
She also said, in response to a
question from councillor Bernie
Bailey, that the cost of the report was
being completely handled by North
Huron.
“It will be their document and
their planner working on this, but
this is our opportunity to provide
comment,” she said. “It’s our
expense and our responsibility as
owners of the airport, Morris-
Turnberry has been extremely
accommodating in this issue now
has representation on the airport
board now.”
Bailey was the only vote against
releasing the funds to carry on with
the report.
The word is getting out about the
virtues of North Huron Township
according to Economic
Development Officer Connie
Goodall.
“In the strategic plan it was
identified that we needed to find
different ways to communicate with
North Huron,” Goodall said during
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