b'68 YGE GENERAL AVIATION British Columbia Community Backs Runway Project to Keep Local Airport OperatingBY PAUL NOLANFACTS&FIGURES Project: Runway RehabilitationLocation: Golden Municipal Airport BC, CanadaAirport Owner/Operator: Town of GoldenScope: Mill distressed areas & repave entire4,528-foot runway with polymer-modified asphaltCost: $2.7 millionFunding: $2 million from British Columbia Air AccessIts often said that you dont knowIt also regularly facilitates crucial air Program; $120,000 grant from federal COVID-stimuluswhat youve got until its gone. Well,ambulance operations, wildfire suppression Regional Air Transportation Initiative; funds from Townresidents in and around a smallefforts, search and rescue missions, and of Golden & Columbia Shuswap Regional District town in southeastern British Columbia didntemergency management efforts after natural Construction: October 2023 let it come to that when the survival of theirdisasters. Occasionally, it supports military Airport Viability Study: HM Aero Aviationcommunity airport was at stake. exercises by Canadian Armed Forces based Consulting in Edmonton. Engineering & Contract Administrator: Golden Municipal Airport (YGE), which HM Aero Aviation Consulting is owned, operated and funded byFaced with the need for significant repairs Geotechnical Engineering: Englobe its namesake town, does not supportat YGEmost urgently, the milling and scheduled passenger service. It does,repaving of its sole runwaylocal officials Contractor: Okanagan Aggregates however, serve the residents of Goldenenlisted HM Aero Aviation Consulting, Paint Markings: Marshall Lines and the surrounding Columbia Shuswapan Ontario-based company, to complete Aerial Photography: In Flight Robotics Regional District (approximate population:an economic viability study. The report Key Benefits: Extend life of sole runway; 6,900) by providing air access to theassessed current and future operating enhance safety popular tourist area via private aircraft.costs, current and future business January | February 2024AirportImprovement.com'