Jafter: planning : ‘started, the Jo7: Northwest Regional Airport . terminal expansion project 7 as about to start.. ° ¢ Airport authorities just _ Jast week received word that © ‘She federal agency charged . . ‘with’ air security will pay ~ - for the portion.of the work ° _needed for a new. baggage iN EARLY | THREE. years . screening system. ' The Canadian Air Trans- . portation Security Author- — ity (CATSA) has authorized spending of up to $956,000 toward a total project cost of a $2.224 million, says airport manager Laurie Brown. ~ “The CATSA . amount contains some contingencies - we would have'to get ap- proval to spend if we needed to,” he added. ; ’ ~ Brown anticipates the air- . ._port’s governing ‘society will * borrow around $1.2 million, financing that through rev- enues. ‘Thesremainder will come. out of ‘the, society’s. ; ri eserves. f° Progressive Ventures of Terrace was the. successful bidder and, Brown antici- Laurie Brown pates it will start work by the end of February. _ the public will see is some fencing to cordon off the: a area where the contractor nal,” said Brown. Progressive . will start and that will be.on - the west side of. the termi- Ventures will be building out. from ... that end to provide a much . . larger waiting’ room’ and ° more washrooms, as well as the area for the new baggage . Scr eening system. ‘Home sales. show strength. : PROPERTY IN Terrace is selling for significantly more © now than it was a year ago. “According to 2005 year- ‘end Statistics provided - to ~ Yocal realtors by the B.C. . Northern Real Estate Board the average selling price of. property in Terrace went up by 16 per cent in 2005 com- pared to 2004, That includes. all types of properties including va- cant lots, trailers, homes and commercial sales. ; -One local realtor says that average prices may be misleading. “Averages can be skewed of course because we had a huge number of high end . Sales,” explains John Evans. * In 2004 the average sale price was $107,000 that compares to an average of $125,000 last year. : And the number of list- ings on the local market. went down by one per cent from 627 listings in 2004 to - 618 last year. sold went up. dramatically > by 21 per cent.‘Just 264 ~ . properties sold in 2004 com- ; pared to 322 in 2005. oF That includes all types of feal estate sales including vacant lots, homes and com- mercial. properties. Evans says homes are staying on the market for - shorter periods of time. Highways improved ICBC spent « year with the transportation ministry . repair area roads'to increase safety and . decrease accidents. _ Blignment “The investments ICBC makes © in road ments are designed to deliv-. er a measurable return on in- vestment in reduced claims ’ costs,” says David Dickson, ICBC’s north central loss‘ prevention manager. " “Most importantly, these programs help prevent -’ crashes, reduce injuries and save lives.” ‘The Hodder Lake to Bob - Quinn ‘project on Hwy: 37 hear Kitwanga saw the com- pletion of extensive work at this intersection, including . Shoulder widening, vertical improvements, hiard surfacing and pavement _ marking and treatments. : ICBC. estimates the ex- pected savings in reduced plaims costs to be at least $35,000 in the year follow- ing that project’s comple- tion. ; The transportation min- istry spent about $7.9 mil- lion and ICBC more than $1 million in northern road improvements in 2005. . : But the number of units - money last improve- _ * “Days to sell has gone. “down, the average listing in’-2004 took 129 ‘days to sell and that figure has gone’ ~ down four per cent to 123. days,” Evans says. “We had some properties which were in-more high de- » ; _mand_ than’ others and were - lasting only two or three ' “days, but not very many.” And Evans expects this trend to continue in the com- ing years. “I think the numbers will continue to decline and the average price will continue to rise, it’s averaging just over one per cent per month right now,” he says. “I. think people should feel very confident again and look forward to increased — values.” www.PropertyGuys.com for alrport project — ‘to expand terminal | - The entrance to-the ter-” _ minal. building will also be - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - A13 7 4. 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