Officials in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough have thrown their support behind the Allan J. MacEachen Port Hawkesbury Airport.
Federal officials are considering a proposal to help fund a new, $18 million airport in Inverness to service the Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs golf courses; Port Hawkesbury town and Inverness Co. councillors and Port Hawkesbury airport reps have said two airports an hour apart isn’t sustainable.
Brenda Chisholm-Beaton, Port Hawkesbury’s mayor, asked Guysborough officials to send a letter in support of the airport to their provincial and federal counterparts; they voted in favour of the request at June’s regular municipal council meeting Wednesday afternoon.
After, Vernon Pitts, the warden of Guysborough, said they were happy to approve the motion.
“We’ve had ongoing support for the Allan J. MacEachen Airport in Port Hawkesbury since it was taken over by the town,” he said. “Since that day going forward, we’ve continued to support it.”
Pitts said the airport is an important piece of infrastructure for the region.
“We’ve had Vulcan Minerals fly in their corporate jet different times- there’s been various other corporations that have been dealing with the municipality that also fly into there,” he said. “It’s a good fit for the eastern end of the province.”
Pitts said provincial and federal officials should do some much needed infrastructure repairs and upgrades to keep the airport sustainable and up and running.
