Business View Magazine | July 2020

182 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JULY 2020 READY FOR TAKE –OFF Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) is a rapidly-growing hub of aviation activity located in Metro Vancouver’s dynamic northeast sector. The airport’s strategic location, three active runways, water aerodrome, and unencumbered land available for development make it a prime candidate for aviation investment. Pitt Meadows Regional Airport offers: • Expansion potential via 300 acres of land on-airport available for aviation businesses. • Waterfront lands available for development. YPK is currently seeking enquires from local and International Investors for aviation related business opportunities. flyypk.ca / (604) 465-8977 / info@flyypk.ca 100-18799 Airport Way, Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B4 READY FOR TAKE –OFF Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) is a rapidly-growing hub of aviation activity located in Metro Vancouver’s dynamic northeast sector. The airport’s strategic location, three active runways, water aerodrome, and unencumbered land available for development make it a prime candidate for aviation investment. Pitt Meadows Regional Airport offers: • Expansion potential via 300 acres of land on-airport available for aviation businesses. • Waterfront lands available for development. YPK is currently seeking enquires from local and International Investors for aviation related business opportunities. flyypk.ca / (604) 465-8977 / info@flyypk.ca 100-18799 Airport Way, Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B4 The Pitt Meadows YPK airport, co-owned by the City of Maple Ridge, has approximately 800 acres. It is a thriving airport for small aircraft and is enjoying tremendous growth and investor confidence including a new tower, two terminals and hangars. The next big project for Pitt Meadows, in conjunction with Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the federal government, and Canadian Pacific Rail, includes an overpass above the train track near the Pitt River bridge, an underpass on the main road in Pitt Meadows, and some rail extensions for CP Rail. The $141 million project to support the transportation of goods nationally and internationally is being funded by those three partners. The City of Pitt Meadows will assume ownership of the overpass and provide maintenance once built, but there are also significant benefits fo the community. Public safety will be significantly enhanced, as first responders will no longer be held up at a train crossing. Part of the plan is to have a road built next to the crossing on Harris Road that will facilitate movement orth and south during the build, so traffic will keep flowing. Thanks to prudent financial management and planning, the City continues to be diligent with annual reserve contributions, which provide funds for capital projects such as the new Fire Hall. Chief Administrative Officer, Mark Roberts, speaks to this important project, “With community safety being a major focus for the City and Council, we are building a new Fire Hall that will better meet the needs of our community over the next 50 years. The new state-of-art facility will replace the existing hall which opened in 1983 and will also include a new Emergency Operations Centre. The