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Commission reviews plan to buy airspace easements, discusses $630,000 estimate and state‑funded vegetation study
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a plan to acquire navigation easements (perpetual rights to control trees in approach surfaces), discussed appraisal and survey requirements and a ballpark $630,000 two‑year estimate; the state offered to fund 100% of a vegetation management study and a MassDOT scoping meeting was scheduled.
The Gardner City Airport Commission reviewed plans to acquire navigation (airspace) easements and a vegetation‑management study that the state will fund in full.
Presenter explained that acquiring easements means property owners keep use of the ground, but the airport would obtain perpetual rights to trim or remove trees in impacted airspace. Federal regulations require a property boundary survey, an appraisal and an independent review of the appraisal; payments to owners must reflect fair market value. Presenter said these steps…
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