After decades of protests against a proposal to build an airport in Pickering, Ont., opponents of the project are optimistic it will soon be abandoned for good.
Those hopes hinge on two recent developments: a Pickering council vote declaring a lack of support for an airport and a suggestion from the federal government that a newly-announced study could ultimately conclude that an airport on the Pickering Lands "is not required in the long term."
The Pickering Lands span 18,600 acres of land in Pickering, Markham, Ont., and Uxbridge, Ont., located 56 kilometres east of downtown Toronto, that the federal government acquired in 1972 for the development of an airport. Afterthree years of protests, the development was puton hold in favour of expanding Ontario's already-built airports.
Last week, Pickering city council passed a motion to renege the city's support for the airport, citing the report commissioned by Transport Canada and the city's own commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The release also noted that the federal government has "no intention" to build an airport on that land "in the near term and the conclusions of the study could lead, for example, to a determination that an airport on the Pickering Lands is not required in the long term."
First-term Pickering Mayor Kevin Ashe, a councillor since 2003, was the only member of council to vote against the motion declaring a lack of support for the airport last week.
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