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Smithers Regional Airport

Modernization Project Major Renovation to Airport Attracts Business

different business to set up shop. When Rob Blackburn was first hired by the Town of
Smithers to be the Smithers Regional Airport Man-
A Needed Change ager in January of 2011, his first task was to add a

washroom to the secure passenger hold room.
Originally built in the 1960's, the airport’s terminal

building has undergone numerous piecemeal reno- “With my experience and engineering background

vations over the years to accommodate commercial I thought that would be an easy win,” he says. “But
flights, passengers and cargo, but the time finally when the Architectural assessments came back,

came to do a major overhaul. they were overwhelming in support of a massive

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