A Kamloops councillor says it is possible that the city could do more than just one memorial for fallen Snowbird, Capt. Jenn Casey.

Arjun Singh says liasing with the family and the Royal Canadian Air Force on a memorial planned for the Observation Park by the airport is the right thing to do.

“Folks who have been approaching us about all sorts of different things to do. I think the Mayor has taken some good leadership here to try and get us around to one project as sort of a focal point, and then if other things transpire in the future, then that can happen as well,” Singh said.

Speaking on the NL Morning News, Singh says he has heard concerns about the lack of public consultation as the city begins work on the memorial to the fallen Snowbird.

“We also have to sort of get a project off and running. The concern I guess is that if we have eight or nine different things in the mix on that, it could leave some bad feeling in term of how that process is done,” he noted.

“But I think ultimately, we’ve done the right thing here, and hopefully the people of Kamloops will get behind the park.”

More than 45,000 people have signed an online petition launched hours after the crash asking the city to change the name of Airport Road to Capt. J. Casey Memorial Way.

“I think the question becomes you know how long do we debate and discuss these things? What is the process to do that? Because we have the Observation Park as the first sort of concrete effort, I’m not sure that precludes other things from happening,” Singh said.

“If people are wanting to sort of make that point to council, it’s important for them to do so.”

An impromptu memorial to Capt. Jenn Casey and the Snowbirds was taken down two weeks after it went up along the airport fence.

Capt. Casey was killed when the plane she was in crashed shortly after taking off from Kamloops Airport on May 17. Early indications are that a bird strike was responsible for the crash. The pilot, Capt. Richard MacDougall is recovering from his injuries at home.