The Thompson Regional Airport will be getting funding to help protect from the impacts of perma-frost.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Affairs, Dan Vandal, announced that the Canadian Government will be giving 28 million dollars to the project, which is coming through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund.

The new facilities will increase the community’s resilience to climate change, as well as increasing the economic diversification and growth by saving more than six dollars for every dollar spent in recovery and replacement costs.

The project will involve building a new air terminal west of the existing building, and will include three gates, security screening, groundside seating baggage carrousel, and ten check-in counters.