June 21, 2021
Province Adopts Airport Vicinity Protection Area Regulation
– – –Municipal Decisions to be Led By Updated Data: Johnson
The Manitoba government has released a draft Airport Vicinity Protection Area Regulation for a 45-day public consultation period, Municipal Relations Minister Derek Johnson announced today.
“This is the next important and long-overdue step forward for Manitoba’s largest airport and the area surrounding it,” said Johnson. “Current land-use policies have not been updated in a quarter of a century and are based on outdated forecasts of aircraft noise.”
The proposed regulation is based on up-to-date scientific data on noise in the vicinity of the airport, which is crucial to help guide decisions on the type and scale of development that can occur safely, while fostering the airport’s continued growth and ensuring the city develops in an orderly fashion.
The proposed Airport Vicinity Protection Area Regulation establishes a new Airport Vicinity Protection Area (AVPA) based on Noise Exposure Forecast contours that were developed by independent experts in a study released by the province earlier this year. It establishes overarching residential land-use policies and provincial noise mitigation standards for all new residential dwellings in the AVPA .
Within six months of the regulation coming into force, the City of Winnipeg must establish an Airport Vicinity Protection Area in its development plan bylaw that consists of the lands contained within the new AVPA and, in the interim, must adopt policies that are consistent with policies set out in the regulation. Ultimately, the city must also enact a zoning bylaw that ensures the use of real property and development in the AVPA is consistent with the policies set out in the regulation.
The proposed regulation is now open for public comment for 45 days. To learn more about the proposed Airport Vicinity Protection Area regulation and to provide comments, visit the Manitoba Regulatory Consultation Portal at https://reg.gov.mb.ca. Comments will be accepted until Aug. 4.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ATTACHED
Backgrounder
Background Information - https://www.gov.mb.ca/asset_library/en/newslinks/2021/06/BG-Airport_Vicinity_Protection_Area_Map-MR.pdf