ST. JOHN’S—The federal government has announced funding of $22.5 million to upgrade the St. John’s International Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador including improvements to transportation infrastructure.
The airport will receive $18 million from Transport Canada’s Airport Critical Infrastructure Program to support the rehabilitation of the asphalt on multiple runways, taxiways and aprons, improvements to lighting, signs and drainage systems, and the replacement of heavy airside mobile equipment including aircraft rescue firefighting vehicles, runway snow plows and ice sweepers, stated a release.
The government will also provide COVID relief funding of $3.6 million from Transport Canada’s Airport Relief Fund to help the airport authority maintain continued airport operations and essential air services.
“While the pandemic has caused our airport immense financial challenges, the ability to progress this work and replace critical infrastructure means that we can focus on air service recovery and development and continue to provide much needed connectivity for our province,” stated Peter Avery, CEO of the St. John’s International Airport Authority, in a statement.
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