Federal Aviation Administration rejects city request for meeting

PORTSMOUTH – Representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration said they will not join city officials in a public meeting to talk about helicopter noise complaints.

City Manager John Bohenko told the City Council Monday night that the FAA told Pease Development Authority Executive Director David Mullen it would respond to the city’s concerns in writing.

“They’re going to write us a response but they’re not going to come,” Bohenko said at the meeting at City Hall Monday night.

Bohenko called the FAA’s decision “just ridiculous,” and said he would have to reach out to the state’s congressional delegation for help.

A spokesperson for the FAA could not be immediately reached Tuesday.

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