The chair of the Allan J. MacEachen Regional Airport committee said he’s willing to discuss
Allan J. MacEachen Port Hawkesbury Airport (submitted photo)
Cabot Links taking over the Port Hastings facility.
Committee lead Dr. Trevor Boudreau says he’d look at the release of the airport to Cabot Links to take over ownership on conditions of maintaining the current level of service for all users year-round. Boudreau also suggested a $5 million investment from the province and feds would allow the Port Hastings airport to handle commercial air traffic. He also suggested investing the remaining $13 million of the reported $18 million price tag for the proposed Cabot links project on infrastructure to help all businesses in Cape Breton.
If the provincial and federal governments subsidize the Cabot Links project, stated Boudreau, taxpayers will be on the hook for the new airport, the operations of the Allan J. MacEachen Regional Airport, and likely the operations of commercial air to the Inverness airport as well.