VICTORIA --
A new taxi-way completed as part of the Victoria International Airport’s terminal expansion is not in use because it can’t be seen from the airport’s control tower.
The $4.3 million project expanded the taxi-way on the east side of the airport by approximately 366 meters and was completed in 2020. It is intended to improve safety for aircraft by eliminating access points close to runways during take-off.
Victoria Airport Authority president and CEO Geoff Dickson says the extension was seen as a way to improve efficiency for the control tower operator. He says that due to the current location of the airport’s control tower, the taxi-way is in a blind spot to air traffic controllers.