Cinnamon
Active Member
And you doubt Transport Canada is going to update standards to meet international guidelines?
Not me but both TPA and Porter knew that it was coming. TPA wrote a letter to Rob Ford on February 13th, 2013 and asked him to "consider amending the Tripartite Agreement to provide changes to the airport's footprint and/or property boundaries if required by federal aviation regulations and applicable law".
You can see the full letter here: http://www.torontoport.com/getattac...8c970eaccec/Letter-to-Mayor-Rob-Ford-(1).aspx
Porter also wrote a letter to Rob Ford on April 22nd, 2013 and claimed that "The 168 metre extension (that Porter is requesting) will also be inclusive of and accommodate any potential future requirement to implement a 150 metre enhanced Runway End Safety Area at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport"
You can see the full letter here: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-57704.pdf
And you have proof they were working with Porter planning to extend the runway then?
Nobody can prove that. When lakefill project started in 2012 it caused many eyebrows to raise, however TPA strongly claimed that it was only required to prohibit entry of marine vessels into marine exclusion zone and absolutely had nothing to do with runway extension. They repeated their claim on April 10th, 2013 and said "There is no plan to extend the runway at BBTCA".
Well, what about your letter to Rob Ford dated February 13th, 2013 in which you have asked for permission for possible runway extension? That doesn't add up.
May I suggest following two articles regarding TPA which I believe will give you a different point of view, and probably understand why we don't trust TPA:
http://communityair.org/Background/35_Million/35_Million.html
http://communityair.org/Background/Airport_Expansion/Airport_Expansion.html