A few local airports will be able to make various upgrades, after successfully applying for funds through Saskatchewan’s Community Airport Partnership (CAP) program.
The Community Airport Partnership program helps offset the costs of rehabilitation, construction and infrastructure improvements by providing cost-shared grants of up to $275-thousand.
The Saskatchewan government invested about $1.5-million into CAP as part of the 2021 Budget, and when combined with local contributions its an overall investment of $3-million.
Local airports receiving money include:
- Carlyle: Runway slurry seal, repaint runway lines and numbers and add ceilometer to Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS), valued at $33,911;
- Esterhazy: Crack seal and slurry seal on runway, valued at $5,883;
- Kipling: Weather data instrumentation, valued at $10,280;
- Moosomin: New paved, lit runway with new taxiway and apron and plans for Area Navigation (RNAV) and AWOS valued at $275,000;
- Wynyard: Recapping taxiway and apron, valued at $16,738; and
- Yorkton: Crack seal on pavement and new anchor stakes, valued at $50,379.
In a news release, the province says another intake of applications will take place this fall to allocate the remaining funds.