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Local officials urge seats for Hampton and Rye on Pease Development Authority board, citing harbor, airport impacts
Summary
Sen. Deborah Altschuler and local representatives from Hampton and Rye told the Senate committee SB 183 would add board seats for those towns on the Pease Development Authority (PDA) board so host communities have direct input on port and harbor operations. PDA executive director said the agency is neutral and described the existing Port Advisory
Sen. Deborah Altschuler (District 24) and elected representatives from Hampton and Rye told the Senate Executive Departments and Administration Committee they support Senate Bill 183, which would add representation for the towns of Hampton and Rye on the Pease Development Authority (PDA) Board of Directors.
Altschuler said the PDA and the Division of Ports and Harbors oversee multiple facilities — Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, division-managed harbors and other properties — and that Hampton and Rye host important port facilities that lack direct seats at the PDA board. She said adding seats would increase transparency, improve local communication…
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