Tweed Airport planning to expand on wetlands, filing permit application with DEEP
WTNH News8
[{'start': '0.560', 'end': '5.040', 'text': 'Tweed Airport could finally be one step'}, {'start': '2.639', 'end': '6.720', 'text': "closer to an expansion that's been"}, {'start': '5.040', 'end': '9.040', 'text': 'talked about for years. The project'}, {'start': '6.720', 'end': '10.960', 'text': 'faces environmental scrutiny as it moves'}, {'start': '9.040', 'end': '13.360', 'text': 'into the hands of state environmental'}, {'start': '10.960', 'end': '15.280', 'text': "officials. News8's Mackenzie Maynard"}, {'start': '13.360', 'end': '18.080', 'text': 'broke down what this means for the'}, {'start': '15.280', 'end': '20.000', 'text': 'airport and the backlash from neighbors.'}, {'start': '18.080', 'end': '21.920', 'text': 'The next step in the airport expansion'}, {'start': '20.000', 'end': '24.400', 'text': 'process is submitting a permit'}, {'start': '21.920', 'end': '26.960', 'text': 'application to Deep. We must protect'}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '29.679', 'text': 'that area. Anything outside of there is'}, {'start': '26.960', 'end': '31.760', 'text': 'just incidental. is not going to be the'}, {'start': '29.679', 'end': '33.280', 'text': 'the band-aid that we need because what'}, {'start': '31.760', 'end': '34.960', 'text': "they're doing is targeting our most"}, {'start': '33.280', 'end': '36.559', 'text': 'vulnerable wetlands. The land'}, {'start': '34.960', 'end': '39.120', 'text': 'surrounding the airport is currently'}, {'start': '36.559', 'end': '41.040', 'text': "zoned as coastal wetlands and Deep's"}, {'start': '39.120', 'end': '43.200', 'text': 'permitting process is expected to be'}, {'start': '41.040', 'end': '45.280', 'text': 'strict. Team has done a lot of really'}, {'start': '43.200', 'end': '47.600', 'text': 'good work to minimize the impact to'}, {'start': '45.280', 'end': '50.160', 'text': 'wetlands. The terminal will be raised'}, {'start': '47.600', 'end': '52.000', 'text': 'about 12 ft in the air to make sure that'}, {'start': '50.160', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'the terminal itself and the entire'}, {'start': '52.000', 'end': '56.399', 'text': 'airport will continue to be that bowl'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '58.000', 'text': 'that contains the flood waters for the'}, {'start': '56.399', 'end': '60.480', 'text': 'neighborhood surrounding it. The new'}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '63.280', 'text': 'expansions include adding 1,000 ft to'}, {'start': '60.480', 'end': '65.119', 'text': 'the runway, 4,000 more parking spots,'}, {'start': '63.280', 'end': '67.520', 'text': 'and a new terminal. The airport has put'}, {'start': '65.119', 'end': '70.240', 'text': 'a lot of work and thought into wetland'}, {'start': '67.520', 'end': '72.240', 'text': 'restoration, including 30 acres of onair'}, {'start': '70.240', 'end': '74.560', 'text': 'airport wetland restoration, which is'}, {'start': '72.240', 'end': '77.439', 'text': 'many more acres, three times the amount'}, {'start': '74.560', 'end': '79.680', 'text': 'of acres that the project itself will'}, {'start': '77.439', 'end': '81.520', 'text': 'impact. Airport officials say part of'}, {'start': '79.680', 'end': '83.600', 'text': 'their plan is also to restore and'}, {'start': '81.520', 'end': '86.400', 'text': 'enhance tidal wetlands, permanently'}, {'start': '83.600', 'end': '88.720', 'text': 'conserve 25 acres for wildlife, and'}, {'start': '86.400', 'end': '91.119', 'text': 'commit to a 5-year monitoring plan'}, {'start': '88.720', 'end': '93.200', 'text': 'following federal and state guidelines.'}, {'start': '91.119', 'end': '95.280', 'text': 'The Federal Aviation Administration'}, {'start': '93.200', 'end': '97.200', 'text': 'previously found no significant'}, {'start': '95.280', 'end': '99.439', 'text': 'environmental impact from those'}, {'start': '97.200', 'end': '102.000', 'text': 'expansion renderings, but locals here in'}, {'start': '99.439', 'end': '104.479', 'text': 'East Haven worry about the harm to the'}, {'start': '102.000', 'end': '107.520', 'text': 'wetlands and bird habitats. This'}, {'start': '104.479', 'end': '109.680', 'text': 'application is really going to attack'}, {'start': '107.520', 'end': '111.360', 'text': 'and encroach upon our wetlands right now'}, {'start': '109.680', 'end': '113.280', 'text': 'and areas that are really vulnerable in'}, {'start': '111.360', 'end': '114.640', 'text': 'East Haven. I talked with an East Haven'}, {'start': '113.280', 'end': '116.479', 'text': "native who's been opposed to the"}, {'start': '114.640', 'end': '119.680', 'text': 'expansion project since it was first'}, {'start': '116.479', 'end': '122.000', 'text': 'announced in May 2021. She says another'}, {'start': '119.680', 'end': '125.040', 'text': 'big concern is noise pollution. We'}, {'start': '122.000', 'end': '127.040', 'text': 'recorded 75 feet 65 feet above'}, {'start': '125.040', 'end': '130.399', 'text': "somebody's roof line which means that"}, {'start': '127.040', 'end': '134.080', 'text': "they're getting decibb of 100 to 120 of"}, {'start': '130.399', 'end': '134.080', 'text': 'a 737800 plane.'}]