Wind developer expects airport to adjust. Airport Chair expects:
"WPD's proposal to erect their turbines so close to the airport will negatively impact the airport and will inevitably kill someone”
Windfarm proponent says federal agency not opposed | Local | News | Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin:
COLLINGWOOD — The federal agency that governs air traffic says regional airport authorities will have to restrict circling movements south of the facility’s main runway if a wind power developer’s plans to erect turbines in Clearview Township goes ahead.Continue reading at the Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
In a letter to WPD Canada — which has a proposal to erect eight 500-foot turbines in an area north of County Road 91 — Nav Canada officials say that several of its turbines are in the circling areas for two categories of aircraft (airline and military jets) conducting instrument approaches, and “implementation of a ‘Circling Restriction’ prohibiting aircraft from conducting a circling approach south of runway 13/31 would allow the currently-published circling minimum descent altitudes to remain unaffected.”
In a news release from WPD — which accompanied the release of the letter from Nav Canada — company president Ian MacRae said WPD continues to seek a meeting with the regional airport board to discuss the facility’s instrument approaches.
“ It is expected that the discussions will lead to the design, testing and implementation of modified procedures,” said MacRae.
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