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New museum of flight moves step closer

The majority on Langley Township council support a new facility for the Canadian Museum of Flight.
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Volunteers John Vanderboom (left) and Barry Tyson (right) polish a classic Beechcraft at the Canadian Musuem of Flight in Langley.

A newer, bigger home for the Canadian Museum of Flight is a step closer after a vote by a majority of Langley Township council to support the museum application for permission to build a new facility on protected farmland next to the Langley airport.

The application is to the Agricultural Land Commission CALC), the provincial agency that regulates the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), for permission to build the new museum on a 1.6-acre site of protected farmland in the 21300 block of Fraser Highway, next to the Derek Doubleday Arboretum.

The museum, which has 25 restored aircraft, including six in flying condition, currently operates out of a leased 650 square metre hangar at the airport and has no room to expand.

It already has an agreement with the Township to lease the land.

Two members of council had doubts about the proposal, saying they support a new museum, but not in a protected green space.

Councillor Petrina Arnason said the plan represented a “kind of airport creep” into the ALR, while Councillor Kim Richter said “that’s an awful lot of paving” close to the arboretum.

Both voted against endorsing the museum application to the ALC.



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