Friday, November 16, 2012
New FAA plan running into local opposition.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- James Sanna
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Friday, November 16, 2012
A new set of navigational technologies proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration could dramatically increase the numbers of airplanes flying over certain houses in Southwest Minneapolis. The planned introduction of those technologies has run into opposition from area residents, members of the Minneapolis City Council, and members of Minnesota's delegation to the state legislature. Maps provided by the MSP airport Noise Oversight Committee, posted above, show the FAA predicts that traffic will dramatically increase over narrow swaths of Southwest Minneapolis. According to maps in a 2011 noise survey conducted by MAC, posted above, this traffic is currently distributed much more widely over Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs. …
City Council also opposed.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- James Sanna
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Update 12:17 p.m. 11/16/12: Much of the Southwest Minneapolis legislative delegation has signed on to Hornstein's letter opposing the RNAV technology changes. The letter is posted at right. "Before RNAV is pursued further, we need more information," the letter reads. "Our constituents deserve the opportunity to give input. The process that has been offered thus far has not been adequate for this significant change to airport operations." The legislators also called for studying the impact of RNAV as part of a larger study of the airport's future. State Sens. Scott Dibble (DFL-61), Patricia Torres-Rey (DFL-63) and Jeff Hayden (DFL-62), have affixed their names to the letter, along with state Reps. Frank Hornstein (DFL-61A), Susan Allen (…
Plan proposes more overflights for fewer people.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- James Sanna
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Friday, November 16, 2012
In a decision likely to upset some Southwest Minneapolis homeowners but please others, a committee that advises the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) on airplane noise voted to endorse an FAA plan to reroute flights over Southwest Minneapolis. The FAA hopes to use two new technologies, called RNAV and PBN, to shunt flights into narrow departure corridors. The technology will make air traffic control safer, the FAA says. See the numbers of planes brought in by the new navigational technologies, called RNAV and PBN. Southwest Minneapolis' legislators are attacking the proposals and calling for more time. "It's a quality of life issue," Fulton resident Sara Thompson told Patch. Thompson and her block are trying to organize their fellow …
Glen Sando
3:15 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
My wife and I have been pleased with what seems like a significant decrease in air noise in the past few years. Now it looks like I'm in that lucky piece of Kingfield that will go from 26 to 110 planes. Descents are by far the most annoying disruptions in our neighborhood, so any information that could be gathered about descents would be very welcome. more ›