Thawing permafrost threatens runways in the North: Senate report – Nunatsiaq News
Dec 11, 2024
Committee examines climate change impacts on infrastructure across Canada
Thawing permafrost poses a threat to northern runways, says a new Senate report looking at how climate change is impacting critical infrastructure across the country.
The report was released in November by the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.
It includes four case studies examining infrastructure in the North, the Isthmus of Chignecto between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Vancouver Airport and Marine Port, and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway.
“Most northern airports have gravel runways that were built on permafrost during the Cold War and have received few upgrades since then,” reads the report.
