{"id":19753,"date":"2019-06-23T00:49:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T00:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/regional\/hamilton-international-airport-granted-38-million-revamp\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T19:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T19:18:09","slug":"hamilton-international-airport-granted-38-million-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/hamilton\/hamilton-international-airport-granted-38-million-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton International Airport granted $38 million revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hamilton International Airport is set to launch its Airfield Rehabilitation and Modernization Project<\/a> this year, which is impressive for a few reasons.<\/p>\n

For one, the upgrade speaks to how much the airport is thriving. Our hub has long been dubbed the country\u2019s largest overnight express cargo airport and centre for e-commerce. We\u2019re smack-dab in a key trade corridor with access to ports, trains, highways, and U.S. border routes. A look at the last two years alone shows a 20% increase in air cargo touching-down or taking-off from our tarmac.<\/p>\n\n

Our passenger traffic? Not too shabby either. Try a 118% jump from 2016 to 2018 in the number of travellers served, swelling to over 725,000 in a year. (Thank ya, Swoop<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

As momentum builds, limits to our current infrastructure become clearer. Enter: the Airfield Rehabilitation and Modernization Project, an initiative to make airport operations safer, greener, and more reliable.<\/p>\n

\u201cModernization,\u201d says President & CEO Cathie Puckering in the recent announcement, \u201cwill ensure longevity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There are three project components: strengthening runways, improving taxiway systems, and upgrading airfield lighting (breakdowns of each can be found here<\/a>). Changes will happen in phases \u2014 over the next four years \u2014 to keep interruptions and closures minimal. (It\u2019ll still be a dream to navigate compared to that other<\/em> airport.) The end result promises to better accommodate hefty freighter planes, smoothen 24\/7 operations, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll cost a pretty penny ($38.89 million, to be precise) covered in part by Transport Canada\u2019s National Trade Corridor Fund and topped off by the airport\u2019s operator Tradeport International Corporation.<\/p>\n\n

It\u2019ll also contribute<\/em> a pretty penny to the Hamilton region\u2019s labour income. Hamilton International estimates $2.1 billion in annual economic activity thanks to these investments. Over 350 construction jobs will be up for grabs, as well as over 800 additional full-time jobs created between now and 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this investment,\u201d adds Mayor Fred Eisenberger, \u201cour airport will see critical new safety measures implemented and further promotion of talent and services available in Hamilton.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the lowdown for our lil\u2019 hometown airport \u2014 it\u2019s growing up so fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hamilton International Airport is set to launch its Airfield Rehabilitation and Modernization Project this year, which is impressive for a few reasons. For one, the upgrade speaks to how much the ...","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":19754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8065],"tags":[79,3993,19,84,20,85],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hamilton-International-Airport-granted-38-million-revamp.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27120,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19753\/revisions\/27120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}