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Imagine catching a flight from Gravenhurst to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport? Or resort packages involving commercial flights to Gravenhurst from where a bus would ferry tourists to area resorts?<\/p>\n

These are possibilities currently being examined.<\/p>\n

The plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a pilot project, no pun intended. The idea would be to bring commercial air services in for 12 weeks starting in June or July of 2017. We\u2019re looking at options to create either a temporary facility to make sure the initiative is successful or potentially build something that could always be repurposed later,\u201d explained District Planning and Economic Development Commissioner Samantha Hastings. \u201cThe biggest test is, would there be enough benefits to justify doing anything at all? That\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to ascertain right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first thing that would be required for commercial airlines to make stops at Muskoka Airport would be a CATSA (Canadian Air Transport Security Authority)<\/em> designation. It is not clear how much that would cost, or how long it would take to get.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking at what we would need in terms of space to house screening equipment for people and baggage. How much that would cost, how long it would take to get the designation and then ultimately what the likely community economic benefits are and whether those benefits justify the investment,\u201d explained Hastings.<\/p>\n

Requirements and economic impact<\/strong><\/p>\n

Consultant InterVistas, which specializes in aviation matters, has been hired by Explorers\u2019 Edge, the lead on the pilot project, to answer those very questions. Explorers\u2019 Edge is contributing $20,000 towards the study, with another $20,000 being contributed by the District Municipality of Muskoka and $2,000 by the Town of Gravenhurst.<\/p>\n

The undertaking would initially aim primarily at bringing more American tourists to the area, especially given the low Canadian dollar. The idea, for example, is that flights from the United States would go into Toronto, where customs clearance would occur, and then they would be routed to Muskoka\u2019s airport in Gravenhurst.<\/p>\n

A meeting was held with potential stakeholders. \u201cThe consultations that we conducted last week revealed that resorts would benefit, restaurants, retail stores, gas stations, transportation companies\u2026,\u201d said Hastings.<\/p>\n

The study by InterVistas is expected to be completed in early June, at which time District Council, Explorers\u2019 Edge and the Town of Gravenhurst will have to decide whether there\u2019s merit in the pilot and whether they\u2019re prepared to make the economic investments required to make a go of it along with support from the private sector, said Hastings. \u201cI think it is exciting, we just need to make sure that the benefit is worth the investment. That\u2019s going to be the question at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

There’s merit in further investigation, says Huntsville Mayor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison referred to the initiative as a great idea that merits further investigation. \u201cI think that there\u2019s been some excitement around this concept in part because a similar type of experiment that Porter (airlines) did in Mont-Tremblant and how much of a success that\u2019s become.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aitchison said it has the potential to bring more people to the area and that\u2019s good for the economy.<\/p>\n

I think what they\u2019re trying to determine is\u2026 who would be the biggest beneficiary. There\u2019s no question that everybody sees that resorts and tourists and businesses that provide services to tourists would be the biggest beneficiaries but they\u2019ve also been asking questions about how will it benefit locals too. Are there local people who would use the service to fly back and forth to Toronto or fly from Muskoka to any one of Porter\u2019s destinations? So instead of driving all the way to Toronto, maybe hopping on a plane in Gravenhurst and flying through Toronto to Boston or something like that. Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He said if it is done right and done in concert with marketing efforts it could be \u201ca real win.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said while the biggest winners, in terms of municipalities, may be Gravenhurst, Muskoka Lakes and Bracebridge, \u201cthat\u2019s not to say it is not a wise investment to make for the District.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said pooling resources to make sure all of Muskoka\u2019s municipalities do well is important. \u201cThe fact of the matter is the health of Bracebridge and Gravenhurst is important for the health of Huntsville. If they are struggling and everything is closing down, who is paying the freight then? It falls on the taxpayer of Huntsville. We need everyone to be successful. We just need to be more successful in Huntsville that\u2019s all,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

Mayor of Lake of Bays is not convinced
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Others are a little more hesitant. Lake of Bays Mayor Bob Young is concerned with Porter\u2019s economic health and he questions who wants the service. While larger resorts may have beds to spare, he questions the benefits the pilot would have for smaller resorts. <\/cite>“Could you see some of the other smaller, one of our local resorts giving up one of their rooms to put on a package that may or may not sell? I just think that would be a huge risk for them.”<\/p>\n

He also said the airport does not generate a lot of benefits for the Township of Lake of Bays. \u201cWe don\u2019t get any jobs, we don\u2019t get any supplying of good and services, that all goes to the two towns, Gravenhurst and Bracebridge. I think they should be the focus of this and that the District of Muskoka shouldn\u2019t be going on the hook for what\u2019s going to be hundreds of thousands of dollars to do a trial,\u201d he argued. \u201cThe airport is already losing basically $1.1 million a year. I just think that\u2019s an unrealistic burden especially when the townships are paying two-thirds of the cost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Young said in his mind the airport should be a municipal entity belonging solely to Bracebridge and Gravenhurst.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of our original premise that this should be the greater airport of Gravenhurst and Bracebridge. Gravenhurst even gets all the property taxes of the building, they don\u2019t share that but they\u2019re happy to share the cost. Lake of Bays Mayor Bob Young<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While he would not discard the idea entirely, he said he\u2019s still not convinced. \u201cI\u2019d like to see what\u2019s the market and what are the costs and then we can do a risk analysis on ever recovering those marketing dollars,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI admire the enthusiasm, the innovation and the thinking that people put into this so it\u2019s hard for me to sit back and be the pessimist but you know I think realism is needed. When is enough of pouring money into this sinkhole like the airport,\u201d questioned Young.\u201d At the moment it\u2019s an asset that\u2019s mostly enjoyed by the private pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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