Runway Closure Reviewed

Fort Frances town council is going to take another look at its decision last month to close a secondary runway at the airport.

The runway is slated to closer at the end of this month.

But councillor Ken Perry, who inspected the runway with local pilots on the weekend, feels the repairs needed aren't as great as being suggested.

"There's six major cracks in that runway that need to be repaired," says Perry. "We do not need to resurface that whole runway. If that runway needs to be replaced, then we have a lot of work do in town because most roads in Fort Frances are in worst shape than that runway is."

It had been stated repairs would cost in excess of a million dollars.

Perry says pilots he spoke with peg the cost closer to $10 or $20-thousand dollars.