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Council contests Tweed expansion

Staff Reporter
Published Monday, September 10, 2007

The East Haven Town Council is set face off in court against the Greater New Haven Airport Authority, now that the council has rejected a plan to install “runway safety areas” at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport.

The airport’s plan calls for Tweed to use 13 acres of East Haven land to create safety areas at both sides of its runway in order to bring the regional airport into compliance with FAA regulations.

But the East Haven Council, in a united display of distrust of the airport, has blocked the safety areas, saying they believe the proposal is really the opening salvo in...

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