Public Comment Period on Intent to Make a Determination
Runway Rehabilitation of 11R-29L - 15 Wing Moose Jaw.

November 6, 2025 — The Department of National Defence must decide whether the proposed project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this decision, the Department of National Defence is inviting comments from the public on the project and its potential effects on the environment. All comments received will be considered public. For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website.

Written comments must be submitted by November 15, 2025 to:
Cheryl-Ann Beckles, Environment Officer, 17 Wing Detachment Dundurn
Mailing Address: GD STN MAIN
Dundurn, SK, Canada, S0K 1K0
E-mail:  cheryl-ann.beckles@forces.gc.ca

The Proposed Project

The Department of National Defence (DND) has proposed a project. The scope of the proposed project is to remove the existing concrete and asphalt pavements, storm drainage and sub-drainage piping, runway, runway approach, and taxiway edge lighting and cables; and then to install new storm drainage and sub-drainage piping, new electrical cables and manholes, new runway, runway approach, and taxiway edge lighting, new airfield signage, new hot mix asphalt pavements, new Portland cement concrete pavements, new runway end safety area, new paint markings, grooving of the new runway surface, and landscaping around the new runway. Millings from the former runway are to be used around the perimeter road of the airfield and at the Runway End Safety Areas (RESA) areas to reinforce the areas. The grooving slurry is proposed to be stored on site in a constructed, lined pit, and monitored to ensure there are no impacts to groundwater.

The area of the runway is approximately 137,160 m2 and the proposed project will take the same space of the current runway area. The project site is located on DND owned land and is located within the Airfield Operational Zone of 15 Wing Moose Jaw.