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FAA to pay over $400K to Tweed

Contributing Reporter
Published Monday, September 15, 2008

A new show of support from the federal government in Tweed New Haven Regional Airport’s efforts to expand is providing a much-needed tailwind to the airport in its continued financial and legal struggles.

Late last week, the Federal Aviation Administration agreed to pay Tweed over $400,000 to cover 95 percent of its legal fees, Mark Volchek ’00 GRD ’00, chairman of Tweed’s Airport Authority, said Sunday. Those expenses have accumulated in an ongoing legal battle between the airport and the town of East Haven, where some residents oppose Tweed’s expansion and say they see the FAA’s...

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