Transport Minister was up for the Chamber’s Transportation Symposium. During her visit, she made the formal announcement for the $15M contribution to the re-development of the Thompson Regional Airport. The redevelopment consists of new airport terminal building, water treatment plant, new access road, parking and airside development such as new apron and taxi way. The total cost of the redevelopment is over $125M. We had several funding partners.
The Airport bought the Ford Winter Test Facility in 2022 and rebranded to Area 55. Area 55 is just partnered with UCN to home some of their trades courses such as Heavy Duty Mechanics and Intro to Mechanical Trades.
Far Left; Curtis Ross who serves as the CEO/CDO of Thompson Regional Airport, and closely intertwined with the development of winter weather testing facilities in Thompson, particularly collaborating with Honda Canada on their cold weather testing platforms.
Far right; Laura Finlay who leads the groundbreaking winter weather testing initiative at Canada's newest advanced cold weather test facility, Area 55.
In the center; Lisa Naylor who was first elected as the MLA for Wolseley in 2019. She is currently the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure and Minister of Consumer Protection and Government Services.
