Business View Magazine | April 2020

115 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 QUINCY REGIONAL A I RPORT as we can,” Shore adds, noting that with other commercial service airports just hours away by car, being competitive, wherever possible, is just good business sense. “So, we do our best to make it feasible for anyone to travel out of our Airport, whether it’s a passenger, by offering free parking and low fares, or a business organization, by offering those tax and rent incentives to develop here.” As it true at any airport, at Quincy Regional, there are always construction and rehabilitation projects afoot. “If you’re not under construction, you’re not doing your job right in the airport industry,” Shore quips. “So, this last year, we just finished the reconstruction of our secondary runway 13/31. This year, we are looking at reconstructing our main runway 04/22, and correcting a line of sight issue it has. It’s going to be upwards of a $22-million project when all is said and done. So, we are in the design and study phase of that to determine what the most appropriate approach is to fix that issue. And then, we look to be constructing that over two seasons – 2021-22. So, it’s a pretty major project, but when it’s done, we should have two beautiful and newly-constructed runways. Then, we have our everyday things like improving the terminal and our landside access, and smaller infrastructure projects to support everyday use. Right now, we’re purchasing a brand new Aircraft Rescue Firefighting vehicle in order to maintain the highest level of firefighting services that we can provide and for the safety of all Airport users coming and going.” Long-term projects include re-aligning a couple of taxiways, growing the Airport’s complement of snow removal equipment, and Shore says that she’d like to see a major rehab of the terminal building. “That will be more difficult to fund,” she admits. “So, we’ll spend the next couple of years trying to figure out how to do that.” Shore believes that Quincy Regional Airport plays an important part in the local economy.