Plane routes to YVR are being updated and some communities aren’t happy about it

The company responsible for controlling Canada’s air traffic says it’s modernizing operations in southern B.C. and Vancouver Island to make it more efficient and less polluting.

But the Tri-Cities communities will have more planes flying over them and they aren’t happy.

Port Moody Mayor Meghan Lahti said Nav Canada rushed through public consultations and didn’t approach interested parties such as municipalities and Indigenous groups. She said her community has significant concerns about the proposed changes to the routing of planes approaching Vancouver International Airport.

About 100 plans will be flying over Port Moody each day, at a lower level than before, but she only found out about the call for public input a week ago.

Nav Canada held open houses in person and online about the proposed changes in January and the cut off for for receiving public opinion is Feb. 3.