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13 | W aterloo C hronicle | T hursday,July 11,2019 w aterloochronicle.ca Find what you're looking for, in the location you want, for the price you want to pay! Right Choice{ }CarPlacePrice Catch a Great Deal! Browse our inventory of vehicles by Body Style, popular Makes and Models, Province, popular Cities or by Price. Whatever path you choose, you will find the right car, in the right location, for the right price! the annual taxpayer contri- bution to $6 million. "Our airport is a very valuable asset but has un- derperformed in terms of passenger traffic and cargo traffic pretty well since the region has taken over ... If we're going to spend more money on the airport then we need to have a return on investment," he said. In 2018, the airport drew 80,000 passengers. To build the first run- way extension the airport needs 250,000 passengers. Coun. Tom Galloway said that can happen over- night so the region needs to be ready to accommodate new airlines. "The master plan directs us. We don't have to do it, but it directs us to do all the planning that would be necessary to implement the next phase," Galloway said. "What happens in aviation is all of a sudden you get two new flights or another company comes in and they want to start in two months' time." Staff predict the region will hit 250,000 passengers in 2021 and 500,000 in 2025, according to a public infor- mation package. Once the airport reach- es 250,000 passengers, the region's shortest runway will be expanded to provide safer landings in bad weather and also support larger aircraft with more passengers. An additional runway expansion is planned in a second phase. Matthew Chandy, man- ager of the region's office of economic development, said the runways are key to attracting new airlines. "It's a safety and reliabil- ity issue but also it's very important when we're go- ing out and trying to attract new airlines to the region," Chandy said. "One of the first questions (airlines) al- ways ask us is about our runways." With the plans come po- tential impacts. One of the most contro- versial issues with the Breslau airport has been noise. Nolinor, an Arctic charter that flew to Baffin Island, blamed resident pushback and regional re- quirements related to noise for its exit from the airport in early 2016. According to the region, noise impacts of the expan- sion would increase in some areas and decrease in others. A map of noise impacts from the year 2000 and pro- jected impacts for 2035 shows decreases on the southwest side of the air- port and increases mostly to the northeast and south- east. Chris Wood, airport general manager, said noise complaints have de- creased. "We do think that the noise situation, especially over Kitchener, will get a bit better," he said. "I think noise has, pardon the pun, really quieted down over the last couple of years." Shantz Station Road will get a makeover as part of the Runway 26 extension. That won't go ahead until the airport reaches 500,000 passengers. The region is presenting two options to the public for the Shantz Station piece, which isn't included in the $34.5 million budget- ed for runway expansions. The first option is to tun- nel Shantz Station Road under the Runway End Safety Area. The second op- tion is to realign Shantz Station Road around the Runway Safety End Area and other airport access roads. The region's airport zon- ing regulations are also be- ing updated, mostly to reg- ulate the height of struc- tures and to a lesser degree land uses near the airport. Additional public con- sultation for the project will take place in coming months. LOCAL Continued from page 12 TAXPAYER PORTION LIMITED Heights gymnasium. 2020 will be Pavan's sec- ond Olympic experience. "I was playing on our in- door national team since I was 16. My goal since I was in kindergarten was to go to the Olympics," Pavan told the Kitchener Post in 2018. "When I made the na- tional team at 16, I thought it was in the bag. Unfortu- nately, I went through three Olympic qualifying cycles and we never quali- fied. The six-foot-six Pavan starred at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, not on- ly athletically, but academ- ically as well. Pavan won the Big 12 indoor volleyball player of the year three times and was named the MVP of the 2006 NCAA women's volleyball tourna- ment. She was also named the 2007 Honda Cup winner as collegiate woman ath- lete of the year in 2007. NEWS Continued from page 12 PAVAN A FORMER FOREST HEIGHTS COLLEGIATE STAR Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes are Canada's first beach volleyball world champions. Beach Major Series photo