I want to take this opportunity to talk about the development of Princeton’s industrial and commercial sectors. There seems to be some misunderstanding about what the plan for the airport really is. It is not this current councils plan to turn our airport into the Vancouver International Airport.
The plan is to:
1) make a sound business plan, this way we do not spend thousands of taxpayers dollars on a project that will not work.
2) in conjunction with infrastructure upgrades and plans to the business park upgrade infrastructure to the airport for example water, build the reservoir so it can service both the airport and the business park and the PXA grounds.
3) survey lots for airport residential, commercial and airport industrial, this will provide funds to the airport for further development.
4) work with BC ambulance/Interior Health to make the airport accessible to the air ambulance year round.
Those of us who are working on this project are trying to make it as affordable as possible. We do not want it to be on the backs of the taxpayers rather we want it to pay for itself and with the help of industry and the provincial ministries who can utilize the airport. It would be foolish to stop the progress that we have made on the airport project. Why develop one side of the road and then come back to the other side later when we can spend the money now and have it all done. It is backwards thinking to only do part of a development project when you know in the future it will cost more.
This type of thinking is why we are having problems at the airport, business park, PXA grounds, landfill, and subdivision or two. It is better to do the job right now than redo it later.
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