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A local advocacy group is hoping the city trashes its plans for a waste transfer station near LaGuardia Airport, which is says attracts flying objects other than planes.
According to the Queens Courier, “the members of Friends of La Guardia Airport believe the North Shore Marine Transfer Station, which is currently under construction in College Point and expected to be completed in 2013, will increase the likelihood of midair collisions between airplanes and birds.”
Supposedly, the station, which is roughly 100 feet high, would also make it impossible for the airport to implement a low visibility precision instrument approach procedure (IAP), which aids pilots during inclement weather landings.
Julie Wood, a spokesperson for Mayor Bloomberg, says the installation if IAP at LaGuardia was deemed impossible – regardless of the station’s construction – due to the “many technical and physical obstacles at the airport,” (Queens Courier).
Julie Wood also was quoted by the Queens Courier saying, “experts at the FAA have studied bird patterns thoroughly and believe that this transfer station will absolutely not increase the risk of bird strikes… anyone who says otherwise is scaring people for no good reason. Building this transfer station will allow us to achieve the important goals of our waste management plan – making it cleaner and greener by taking trucks off the street.”
Furthermore, beyond increased difficulties and dangers to aviation, Paskar believes the station will also create “foul living conditions for College Point residents,” (Queens Courier).
“A lot of garbage in the borough will be brought to this station to be transported out of Queens… so the people of Flushing and College Point will now have to bear the burden of approximately 3,000 tons of garbage a day from throughout Queens in their community. Hundreds of garbage trucks will be coming to this transfer station and destroying the neighborhood’s transportation infrastructure as well,” (Queens Courier).
Let us know your opinion on the Waste Transfer Station near La Guardia Airport on the Boro-Wide Recycling Facebook Wall, linked HERE.
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