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Tuesday's Tip

Peachtree DeKalb Airport Funds Accepted

DeKalb County commissioners voted Tuesday to accept $2.1 million in federal funds for taxiway and other safety improvements at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, although some residents fear the work will allow heavier and noisier planes to land at the county-owned facility.

Last year, the county accepted a $1.4 million Federal Aviation Administration grant to repave four taxiways at the airport. The $2.1 million approved Tuesday will be used to continue those efforts, said airport Director Lee Remmel.

 

County officials say the asphalt taxiways were in poor condition and that repaving them with concrete will reduce wear and tear. They also were worried that the county could be held liable for injuries to people or damage to planes. Some residents who attended Tuesday's meeting believe concrete taxiways will result in large, noisy aircraft such as 737s flying over their homes.

 

"The county is prostituting itself to the federal government by accepting these funds," Ronnie Mayer, president of a homeowners association near the airport, told commissioners. "If you build it, [larger planes] will come."

 

Remmel said Mayer's concerns are unwarranted.

 

"Those airplanes never use the airport," Remmel said.

 

For years, some residents who live near the airport, situated near Chamblee, have complained of incessant noise from planes taking off and landing.

 

The airport is used primarily by private planes and corporate jets.

 

On Tuesday, commissioners agreed to a proposal from the county's airport advisory board, a citizen group appointed by commissioners, to prohibit airplanes heavier than 75,000 pounds to land at PDK. Planes such as a 737 weigh at least 130,000 pounds.

 

"This was a pre-emptive measure," PDK advisory board Chairman Russell Julian said of the 75,000-pound limit.

 

Norma Heard, coordinator of PDK Watch, a neighborhood group near the airport, said she was pleased with the 75,000-pound limit but remained skeptical that county officials will abide by the guideline.

 

"I think we still have to be watchful and work with the commissioners on setting up some policies," she said.

BYLINE:    ERIC STIRGUS

 

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