“Once the runway expansion is finished there will be a lot more noise and the community’s that will be affected are going to be very upset and I don’t blame them.”īrian Simon, the Port Authority’s director of governmental and community relations, said that the expansion of the 4L/R22 would meet federal requirements for runway safety and serve as a better alternative than the original plan in helping to minimize airplane noise in surrounding towns. “I don’t think the additional length will make much of a difference because there will still be a lot of traffic,” Baessler said. Concrete is expected to last between 30 to 40 years. The runway would also use concrete pavement instead of asphalt. To the north of the airport, which has a total of four runways running parallel, there would also be no change in the altitude of planes arriving on Runway 22R or departures from Runway 4L. Resident concerns propelled the Port Authority to revise the plan so it does not involve the expansion of the threshold or the removal of any trees, but the proposed expansion of the runway’s length by 728 feet and its width by 50 feet remains. “They serve as a noise buffer, especially during the summer months,” he said. Atlantic Beach TVASNAC member Carl Baessler said trees are vital for noise abatement. The Port Authority’s original plans for the threshold– the point at which a plane touches down– of Runway 4L/22R were that it be moved north by 3,316 feet, and would have required the cutting down of 800 trees in Idlewild Park, in Queens. “I don’t think there will be any real change now.” “Several years ago the control tower at JFK was supposed to rotate the runways to spread out the noise when there were no strong winds and they did to a certain extent but some pilots prefer certain runways because it’s more convenient for their terminal and uses less fuel coming in and leaving the terminal,” he said. Kennedy Airport will change after the comment period regarding a revised Port Authority plan, which includes the expansion of a runway, ends. Woodsburgh resident Bob Seide, a Town-Village Safety & Noise Abatement Committee (TVASNAC) member, said he doesn’t think the amount of noise generated from air planes flying overhead on their way to John F.
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