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June 25, 2025 at 10:51 am  BC, News, Politics, Provincial

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Air facilities in the following communities have received funding through the BC Air Access Program for 2025-26:

  • 100 Mile House – $14,401 for runway safety improvements
  • Alert Bay – $35,000 for a facility master plan
  • Burns Lake – $802,297 for a fuel system upgrade
  • Comox – $2 million to expand the runway apron
  • Courtenay – $66,300 to rehabilitate the taxiway and runway
  • Dawson Creek – $90,153 to repair airfield lighting
  • Fairmont Hot Springs – $48,688 to upgrade weather monitoring
  • Fort St. James – $310,727 for wildlife-exclusion fencing
  • Mackenzie – $46,269 to install motorized gates and upgrade terminal doors
  • Masset – $392,883 to replace a refueller truck
  • Nanaimo – $74,630 for a lighting and electrical upgrade
  • Prince George – $469,480 to upgrade runway lighting
  • Smithers – $35,000 for a facility master plan
  • Tipella – $1.2 million to build a permanent heliport
  • Williams Lake – $233,127 to replace fuel-dispensing cabinets
  • Vanderhoof – $366,465 to widen the runway ends

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