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Stroudwater residents press council over Jetport plan to clear wetlands for surface parking; neighbors cite master plan conflict
Summary
Multiple Stroudwater and other Portland residents urged the council to reject proposed surface parking at the Jetport, saying it conflicts with the 2018 Jetport sustainable master plan and harms wetlands and tree buffers. Speakers presented tree counts and contested Jetport staff claims on sound buffering and ash borer removals.
A group of Stroudwater neighborhood residents and nearby homeowners used the council's public‑comment period to press Portland leaders on a proposed surface parking expansion at the Jetport, urging the city to withhold funding and to enforce the airport master plan and wetland protections.
Residents said Jetport staff and the planning board have relied on incomplete or inaccurate analysis and that an alternative — expanding the terminal garage — would be more consistent with the 2018 Jetport Sustainable Master Plan. The speakers said the planning board’s approval of a surface‑parking…
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