The Prince Albert airport will get a new snow plow, thanks to federal funding. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

By paNOW Staff

Airport upgrades

New snowplows, other equipment for P.A. and La Ronge airports

Dec 6, 2022 | 10:45 AM

Thanks to a $1.7 million grant from the federal government, both the Prince Albert and La Ronge airports will get new snowplows.

In Prince Albert, another $105,000 in funding will be added to the $420,000 cost of the plow to buy a wet/dry combination material spreader.

For La Ronge, a sweeper was added for just under $400,000 and a loader for about $425,000.

“Airports play a crucial role in keeping Canadians connected across our vast country, and the last two and a half years have only underscored this,” Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra said in a news release. “Today’s investment of over $1.7 million in the La Ronge and Prince Albert airports is great news for the region’s air sector and for all the communities these airports serve.”

This funding is in addition to the May 2021 announcement under the program to provide the La Ronge Airport with $110,000 for a material spreader and more than $3.2 million to the Prince Albert Airport for the rehabilitation of airfield electrical systems and for airfield drainage improvements.

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Since the airport’s Capital Assistance Program started in 1995, the Government of Canada has invested over $1.2 billion for 1,215 projects at 199 local, regional and National Airports System airports across the country.

Funded projects include runway and taxiway repairs/rehabilitation, lighting enhancements, purchasing snow clearing equipment and firefighting vehicles as well as installing wildlife control fencing.