Transport Canada announced new funding to help Toronto Pearson International Airport recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and to support continued air services and important transportation infrastructure projects at the airport.
The airport will receive more than $142 million from Transport Canada’s Airport Critical Infrastructure Program to:
- rehabilitate airfield pavement;
- develop and install new check-in, boarding and border clearance systems;
- enable COVID-19 testing and screening of passengers and employees; and
- carry out technical studies and concept design work for a proposed connection between the airport and the future extension of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit line.
“These critical investments will allow the Toronto Pearson International Airport to invest in the infrastructure and tools needed to help re-invigorate the aviation industry and to allow Canadians to feel safe and secure when they travel,” said Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport.
“This investment in Toronto Pearson infrastructure will better position us to create the airport that Canada needs as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic—one that supports supply chains, trade, jobs and economic development in sustainable and innovative ways,” said Deborah Flint, president & CEO Greater Toronto Airports Authority.
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