In 2016, the City of Oshawa approved a $6 Million plan to reconstruct runway 12-30 that would involve an estimated 4-week closure of the airport to all fixed-wing aircraft. The construction started on September 5, 2017 and the runway reopened on October 10, 2017. The airport added new LED edge lights and PAPI's on runway 12-30 to improve night & low advisability conditions. During this time Nav Canada approved and started construction on a new control tower to the northwest of the original tower that was built over 50 years ago. The new tower was estimated to cost $9 Million and opened for use in June 2018.