The Lower Makefield supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday night to join a federal lawsuit against the Trenton-Mercer Airport.
The supervisors agreed to put up $10,000 to start the affiliation and then match up to $5,000 in contributions from neighboring municipalities.
The decision came after the supervisors heard from members of Bucks Residents for Responsible Airport Management about their legal battle to make sure the airport undergoes appropriate environmental reviews before it can be expanded any further.
The airport, which averages 150,000 flights per year, is just across the Delaware River from Lower Makefield.
The more than 200 members of BRRAM are concerned about the noise levels of planes going into and out of the airport at all hours of the day. They filed a federal lawsuit in late April seeking to make sure all necessary studies are completed before any expansion takes place.
“They need to be able to do an Environmental Impact Statement,” BRRAM president Holly Bussey said Wednesday night. The EIS is an extensive study of the environmental conditions around the airport.
"We are not trying to close the airport down. We want them to be responsible neighbors," Bussey said.
The lawsuit names the Federal Aviation Association, Mercer County Board of Freeholders, which runs the airport, and Frontier Airlines as defendants in case. Frontier offers commercial airline service into and out of the Trenton-Mercer Airport to cities across the country.
The newspaper was unsuccessful in its efforts to reach representatives of the FAA, Mercer County Board of Freeholders and Frontier Airlines for comment about the lawsuit.
For more information about the citizens group go to www.brram.org.
- Source: http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com
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