"The FAA's plan to reduce delays at airports such as Newark Liberty
International by expanding air routes in the Northeast has been met
with significant resistance. FAA officials have said that noise levels
would double in parts of the Pascack Valley under their plan..."
(Bergen Record, 6/29/2007)
View the FAA's record
of decision and rewritten evaluation of the proposed redesign by
clicking here.
UPDATED JULY 31, 2008!
View the FAA's report
by clicking here.
The FAA has a website on the proposal here.
The Montvale website has more information on this proposal here.
Sign the Stop the FAA online petition here.
If you want to download the ready-to-print six letter package that you
can mail to
Continental Airlines and your state representatives,
here.
(Microsoft Word required).
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