Briscoe Field Decision Coming Soon
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The next Briscoe Citizens Review Committee (BCRC) meeting is Monday at 4 p.m. They are getting close to making a recommendation to the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (BOC). If you can make the meeting, it is at the DOT Central Office off Hosea Road, then Seaboard Industrial.
More importantly, plan to attend the Apr 24 BOC meeting. It is time to encourage the BOC to vote down expansion of Briscoe Field. The BCRC will deliver its report by May 8 to the BOC, the RFP was received two months ago.
It's time that our elected officials represent us by voting no. It is important that this vote occur before the July elections. Attend the April 24 BOC meeting and speak your mind during the public comment portion of the meeting. Please remember to be polite, but persistent with our elected officials.
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Airport Privatization Citizens Review Committee
620 Winder Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA (DOT Central Facility) -
GregRodgers
4:45 pm on Monday, April 16, 2012
Again...if an airport is such a great idea..then why are the residents over near Dekalb Peachtree so up in arms about property being sold for expansion. 400 flights per day are predicted at that airport. Folks are beyond upset at the current noise level for the flight load there now.
I think these people speak VOLUMES for us.
http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/rezoning-plan-revives-dekalb-1418560.html
Tax dollars at the expense of residents in the area....sounds familiar.
R++ - One of the famous "Dacula Crew"
6:03 pm on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
And if thats NOT enough try this:
Hartsfield airspace plan may have repercussions across DeKalb, Gwinnett
http://www.ajc.com/news/hartsfield-airspace-plan-may-1393556.html
The Federal Aviation Administration proposal calls for allowing planes at the international airport to fly as low as 4,000 feet above the ground and extending the Class B space, which is handled by air traffic controllers.
As a result, jets flying into DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, the state's second busiest airport, would need to be lower, longer over neighborhoods stretching from central DeKalb County and well into Gwinnett.
Agency reports show the change is needed to handle crowded skies made more busy with the 2006 addition of a fifth runway at Hartsfield-Jackson.
People living near PDK have complained about those problems with the county-owned airport for 20 years. This time, residents and airport officials appear to be on the same side – as do many of the written comments already posted with the FAA.