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fefie.livejournal.com[Forwarded from the city's ResiStat mailing list.]
Dear Members of the ResiStat community:
I wanted to share some important information we just received concerning the aircraft noise issue here in Somerville. On Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at 2:00 pm at Courtroom 1017, Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston, Somerville’s attorneys will appear with other parties to make a Motion to Re-Open the Runway 14/32 litigation. It would be helpful if as many Somerville residents as possible made an appearance at the actual hearing. (Suffolk Superior Court is located at Three Pemberton Square, right behind the office building fronting 100 Cambridge Street in Boston, which is directly across the street from Boston’s City Hall Plaza. It is accessible by walking from the MBTA’s Park Street station; the Government Center Green Line station is even closer. Additionally, there is parking beside the Suffolk County Courthouse at the Center Plaza Garage.)
The City’s argument will be that Runway 14/32, which opened in November 2006, is being used in ways that are in conflict with a limited use restriction that it was to be used only during significant wind events. As a result, the FAA and Massport are in violation of the 2004 court order that allowed 14/32 construction to proceed. The theory – for which we believe we have solid evidence – is that the FAA has started using 14/32 in a new runway configuration designed to reduce ground congestion and delay, which in turn has led to a sharp increase in the number of takeoffs from Runway 33L (which sends traffic directly over Somerville).
If you can attend yourself, and encourage others to attend, it will be helpful to the cause of noise relief. Please spread the word.
Thomas P. Champion
Director of Communications
City of Somerville
tel
617-625-6600
ext.2620
fax 617-776-8061
tchampion@somervillema.gov
www.somervillema.gov
Dear Members of the ResiStat community:
I wanted to share some important information we just received concerning the aircraft noise issue here in Somerville. On Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at 2:00 pm at Courtroom 1017, Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston, Somerville’s attorneys will appear with other parties to make a Motion to Re-Open the Runway 14/32 litigation. It would be helpful if as many Somerville residents as possible made an appearance at the actual hearing. (Suffolk Superior Court is located at Three Pemberton Square, right behind the office building fronting 100 Cambridge Street in Boston, which is directly across the street from Boston’s City Hall Plaza. It is accessible by walking from the MBTA’s Park Street station; the Government Center Green Line station is even closer. Additionally, there is parking beside the Suffolk County Courthouse at the Center Plaza Garage.)
The City’s argument will be that Runway 14/32, which opened in November 2006, is being used in ways that are in conflict with a limited use restriction that it was to be used only during significant wind events. As a result, the FAA and Massport are in violation of the 2004 court order that allowed 14/32 construction to proceed. The theory – for which we believe we have solid evidence – is that the FAA has started using 14/32 in a new runway configuration designed to reduce ground congestion and delay, which in turn has led to a sharp increase in the number of takeoffs from Runway 33L (which sends traffic directly over Somerville).
If you can attend yourself, and encourage others to attend, it will be helpful to the cause of noise relief. Please spread the word.
Thomas P. Champion
Director of Communications
City of Somerville
tel
617-625-6600 ext.2620fax 617-776-8061
tchampion@somervillema.gov
www.somervillema.gov
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