Wed, Jun 07, 2006
But Make Plenty Of Noise Of Their Own
Aero-News has reported extensively on the FAA's plans for rerouting noisy
commercial air traffic now flying over parts of New Jersey,
Delaware and New York... offering four choices the
agency hopes will reduce the amount of noise now suffered by
suburbanites in each of those states.
But in trying to reduce noise over their neighborhood, one group
-- the Brandywine Hundred -- hopes to make plenty of noise on its
own.
"I think the best way to ensure that they aren't ignored is for
us to be very vocal and to be very persistent," said Democratic US
Sen. Tom Carper, whose office has been involved with the
airplane-noise issue. "And we have been and will continue to be.
Our [congressional] delegation isn't about to go quietly into the
night on these concerns."
That being said, however, the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey objects to FAA's four plans, saying they don't address the
issue of delays -- and really don't do much to reduce airplane
noise, for that matter.
And at least one other
local government isn't happy with the plan, either. Pennsylvania's
Tinicum Township borders the Philadelphia Airport, and officials
there like things just the way they are. To that end, they are
pressing the FAA to consider a fifth alternative that basically
says... do nothing.
The Delaware County, PA council passed a similar resolution a
few weeks ago, according to the Delaware News Journal.
With all that's going on, the FAA has now extended the comment
period on plans to redesign airspace involving five airports --
Philly, Newark, LaGuardia, JFK and Teterboro -- for a month, until
July 1st.
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