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Advisory committee urges focus on health, noise and traffic as airport projects push operations higher
Summary
Committee members said projected operations will increase noise and pollution, urged the committee to "pivot to health" when engaging legislators, and discussed outreach to a national 'roundtable of roundtables' and sharing local monitoring data for a larger health study.
Members of the Des Moines advisory committee spent substantial time discussing projected airport operations, noise, traffic impacts and public health concerns, and considered national coordination as a path to stronger advocacy.
Speakers argued the airport’s plan will lead to "significant increased operations," increasing noise, pollution and potential health impacts that have not been thoroughly studied locally since the 1990s. One committee member summarized the advocacy advice they had received from national contacts:…
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