Red Deer city and county mayors meet with federal Minister of Transportation
Red Deer City and County mayors met with the federal Minister of Transportation, Omar Alghabra on Tuesday to advocate for improvements to transportation infrastructure in the region.
City Mayor Ken Johnston said the minister was on his way from Edmonton to Calgary and reached out to the mayors for a meeting at The Donut Mill (123 Leva Ave.) in Gasoline Alley.
“We spent about 40 minutes with him and I thought it was 40 minutes well spent,” he said, joking that the the minister didn’t realize just how centred Red Deer was between Alberta’s two major cities.
As both mayors had just returned from the Paris Air Show in France, he said he wanted to continue the momentum by discussing opportunities at the Red Deer Regional Airport.