** News From The Mason Mill Civic Association
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From our friends at PDK Watch:
January 14, 2018
Dear Citizens Concerned about PDK Noise and Expansion:
If you are concerned about PDK Airport noise and pollution or about recent and future PDK Airport expansion, please be sure to attend the public meeting this Wednesday, January 17, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Pius X High School (2674 Johnson Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30345 (https://maps.google.com/?q=2674+Johnson+Rd+NE,+Atlanta,+GA+30345&entry=gmail&source=g) ) in the school’s cafeteria.
At Wednesday's meeting, sponsored by the Dresden East Civic Association (DECA), PDK Airport Director Mario Evans will be joined by his Assistant Director, the new Noise Abatement Analyst, and an arborist to discuss noise issues and proposed developments at PDK.
In August 2017, controversy developed when the public discovered that the Airport had cut down as much as six or more acres of trees in the 15-acre PDK greenspace buyout area that the DeKalb County Commissioners had originally intended to serve as a noise buffer for surrounding neighborhoods. The stated goal of the Airport’s summer tree cutting was to use dirt from the area to build a protective EMAS system at the end of the 6,000-foot runway, as well as to prepare for installing additional Airport hangars in the buyout area, which is outside the original fenced perimeter of the Airport.
If you have questions about this PDK Airport recent action and its consequences, the time to raise your questions is at Wednesday’s meeting. Also see the news report posted on the fully revised PDK Watch Home Page at www.pdkwatch.org under “News Affecting You,” to find out more about the Airport’s tree cutting and expansion plans.
Most important, however, Wednesday's meeting precedes the inauguration of the public phase of the new PDK Master Plan process that will begin in the Spring of 2018.
The PDK Master Plan is a vitally important document that will be used to guide all future growth and policy at the Airport during the next decade. It will have a major impact on Airport expansion and on potential new noise and pollution problems that the Airport may have on surrounding residential neighborhoods.
Strong public involvement in the process is essential to protect neighborhoods surrounding PDK Airport from potentially damaging additional PDK Airport expansion, noise, and pollution.
If you care about these issues, please attend Wednesday’s meeting if you possibly can.
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