McElhanney Associates Land Surveying Ltd. has been contracted by the City of Courtenay to use a drone to survey the parking situation around the Town of Courtenay.
The drone will stay West of the River (within the red boundary on the attached map) and at a maximum altitude of 300 ft AGL.
The pilot is an advanced certificate drone pilot and will be monitoring 123.35 throughout and will discontinue flight if there is a safety risk to aircraft.
Current proposed schedule is:
Wednesday (or Thursday) Sept 27/28 – 0930 to 1800
Saturday Sept 30 1030-1400
Saturday Oct 7 – 1030-1400
This may change or be extended due to weather. The pilot will inform us when they have completed their flights.
