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Bizav hub looks ahead at ‘green’ challenges

When an airport considers environmental impact on neighbors, noise is usually the top concern, but dealing with water- and air-pollution issues is becoming

May 7, 2008

When an airport considers environmental impact on neighbors, noise is usually the top concern, but dealing with water- and air-pollution issues is becoming a more important part of the mix. At an environmental symposium held at Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains, N.Y., on October 17, there was good news on the anti-noise front.

Year-to-date airport operations at White Plains are up significantly over last year’s numbers, but noise complaints are down 50 percent (to 1,611 year-to-date this year from 3,826 for the same timeframe last year). HPN is surrounded in close quarters by some of the most high-priced real estate in the country, and its wealthy neighbors have enjoyed the convenience of the airport (it has airline service as well as its heavy corporate usage), but they have not always been happy with some of the side effects of having a busy airport in the neighborhood.

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