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“I think that cooperation of the airports authority and the FAA would be warranted, but it is an option the board can consider,” Garcia said.

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They have pointed out, time and again, that the 1993 study was meant to predict full buildout and capacity at the airport.Īnd Department of Planning and Zoning Project Manager Chris Garcia said he would not recommend conducting noise study without the airport and the FAA’s cooperation. And that would not come without an operational change at the airport itself triggering a need. They have pointed out that to win any federal grants to conduct a new study, they would need cooperation from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which operates Dulles Airport. Buona (R-Ashburn), in particular, have been critical of the idea. Other supervisors, however, have staunchly opposed the pursuit of a new noise study from the outset. “My problem is that the current studies are old,” he said. (R-Blue Ridge) said his goal is to support the airport. “Especially, let’s make sure we’re asking someone without vested interest in what we’re doing.” “Let’s get something more firmly nailed down,” Meyer said. (R-Broad Run) said he has heard wildly varying estimates of how much a new study would cost-anywhere from millions of dollars, down to $70,000. Some supervisors have warmed to the idea of a new study. Developers have clamored to allow residential development closer to the airport. County planners and airport representatives have argued that allowing homes near the airport’s flight paths would hurt both the residents’ quality of life and the airport’s ability to expand and market itself to airlines. Residential development is permitted around the future Ashburn Station at the end of the Silver Line. Those studies, published in 19, have been used to plan out where to allow residential, commercial, and mixed-use development around the airport and three future Silver Line stations.īecause of concerns about airport noise, the county’s current plans allow no residential development near Loudoun Gateway Station along Rt. They say the two noise studies the county is using are out of date. Pressure continues to mount on the Board of Supervisors to pursue a new airport noise study as the county gets ready to finalize its development plans around its new Metro stops.ĭevelopment interests skeptical of the county’s existing zoning which prohibits residential development near Dulles Airport have frequently pressed supervisors to conduct a new noise study.

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