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Neuville Airport is a privately owned general aviation aerodrome operated by ''Neuville Aéro''. It is located west of Quebec City and northeast〔 of the village of Neuville, Quebec, in Canada. Built in 2012, the airfield, which includes a runway and a hangar is primarily intended for owners of light aircraft. Construction and commissioning of the aerodrome is hotly contested by a group of citizens, the town and the Quebec government, among others, on a variety of environmental and jurisdictional grounds. == Background == The project to build a general aviation airfield in Neuville began in early 2011, a few months after the October 2010 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the ''Quebec (Attorney General) v. Canadian Owners and Pilots Association'' case. In essence, the 7-2 ruling〔Quebec justices Marie Deschamps and Louis LeBel wrote dissident opinions.〕 confirmed the Government of Canada's exclusive jurisdiction on the establishment of airfields and declared inoperative any municipal or provincial legislation, such as the Quebec ''Act Respecting the Preservation of Agricultural Land and Agricultural Activities'', limiting places where such activities can take place. Within the current legal framework, an airfield can be built anywhere in Canada — except in built-up areas of towns and villages — provided certain safety standards are met. Promoters also have to inform Transport Canada about the airfield location in order to be included on aeronautical charts. The first project failed. A second group of seven businessmen from Montreal, Pont-Rouge and Quebec and led by Martin Mercier, Jean-Marc Carpentier et Raymond Carpentier〔(Search for "Neuville Aéro" on the Registraire des Entreprises du Québec )〕 was formed to build the airfield. Despite a series of resolutions adopted at the council and aimed at obstructing the project, the town resigned itself to negotiate with the developer in order to limit the impact of the airfield on residents. Soon after the town and the promoters signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on November 1, 2011, the company tried to reach an agreement with ''Les Ailes québécoises'', a recreational aviation club with about forty aircraft. Based at Quebec City's Jean-Lesage International, the club was considering a move in 2013, because of an on-going expansion project of the region's main airport and an expected rent increase. Divided on the 73-percent rent increase proposed by the airport authority for a lease renewal effective in 2013, two-thirds of club members declined an offer to move to Neuville in January 2012. Despite this setback, the developers promised to go ahead with their project, stressing that they had received expressions of interest from individual aircraft owners. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neuville Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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