CAIR & Joe agree on airport noise
Joe:
Thank you for your posting, "TPA handling of noise
study unacceptable." You have been a strong supporter of the Island
Airport, but obviously you are beginning to understand why a
busy airport is not compatible with the growing community that surrounds
it.
For many years members of CommunityAIR have been
deeply frustrated about the way that the Toronto Port Authority manages the
Island Airport and their lack of consultation with the community. When the
TPA does bring issues to the community the consultations are so restricted and
controlled, and the information that they provide is so biased and
pro-airport, that they just add to our frustrations. It is no wonder
members of CommunityAIR often react with anger to almost anything that they
say.
The problems coming from the expansion of the
airport are multiplying. Noise, air pollution and traffic are the chief
complaints and all of these problems are worsening as Porter, and now other
airlines, increase the number of flights. These problems are not going to
go away as long as the Island Airport is operating, but your suggestion of moving the maintenance of aircraft to Pearson is a
good one. The high pitched shriek from the engine run-ups, as
the mechanics do their maintenance work, can be unbearable. It can come at
any time of the day or night, and it is shattering to the nerves.
CommunityAIR members have proposed moving the
Porter maintenance operations to Pearson several times but, in the normal
fashion of the way that Toronto Port Authority treats input from the community,
the proposal is either ignored or treated with indifference. Perhaps if
you, a supporter of the airport, can make this proposal it might make a
difference.
Thanks again,
Bill Freeman
Bill Freeman
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