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A planned expansion of Trenton-Mercer Airport will result in only a few dozen extra flights a day over the next 15 years, Mercer County officials say. Opponents, however, pointing to four new taxiways and a much bigger terminal building, say that the county and the Federal Aviation Administration are planning a bigger expansion without saying so.
Almost five years after the first public meeting to discuss a new airport master plan, officials and community activists remain at loggerheads over whether an expanded airport will lead to a surge of new flights that would increase jet noise, worsen air quality and erode quality of life in west-central New Jersey and parts of eastern Pennsylvania.
As Trenton-Mercer Airport eyes expansion, residents fear impact
Trenton-Mercer Airport is planning a major expansion, but some area residents are pushing back over environmental and health concerns they fear will follow.
A two-hour public virtual hearing on June 2 starting at 7 p.m. will review a draft environmental assessment for a proposed terminal building prepared by Mercer County, which owns and operates the New Jersey airport.
The hearing begins with a presentation about the project and is expected to end with a public comment period. The assessment is a federally required step in the Trenton-Mercer Airport Master Plan, a document guiding airport development over the next 20 years.
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