Boston West Fair Skies (BWFS) will hold its quarterly meeting Thursday, November 2 in Belmont, the group announced.
BWFS works towards redistributing airplane noise more fairly among our communities.
Thursday November 2nd, 2017, 7-8:30 P.M.
Belmont Public Library, 336 Concord Ave.
We are a citizens grassroots organization which includes Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Medford, Somerville, Watertown and Winchester – all communities affected by the increased airplane noise due to the implementation of 33L RNAV (using GPS) departures at Boston Logan Airport. The quarterly meeting location rotates to different towns.
BWFS is fighting for a more equitable distribution of airplane noise. Since our creation in 2013 we have made good progress with officials at the state and national level. We are hoping that Boston Logan will soon be the first airport selected by the FAA to have RNAV departure procedures re-evaluated. Everyone affected by the increased airplane noise is strongly encouraged to join the fight.
More info at: www.bostonwestfairskies.org
It seems to run in cycles. There will be no planes for quite a while and then every 5 minutes for a while. when I lodged a complaint I was told that the goal was to impact fewer people . So flying over neighborhoods with single family homes effects fewer people that flying over a densely populated area.
Interesting as many in the affected group are the most dense in MA: Somerville #1, Cambridge #3, Watertown #8, Arlington #9, Medford #13, Belmont #15.
That said most of this area is dense but we need to be fair about the affects and what other changes can be done to dampen the noise. There response about impacting fewer people I would like to see the information on that one! Good that you made the complaint(as I have done so too) since this along with the grass roots groups will be the only thing pushing change.
Rank Population Density ▼ City / Population
1. 18,378.3/sq mi Somerville, MA / 77,560
2. 15,083.4/sq mi Chelsea, MA / 37,084
3. 15,034.1/sq mi Cambridge, MA / 106,844
4. 11,867.8/sq mi Malden, MA / 60,309
5. 11,655.3/sq mi Everett, MA / 42,758
6. 10,446.7/sq mi Lawrence, MA / 77,364
7. 8,662.3/sq mi Brookline, MA / 59,016
8. 7,987.9/sq mi Watertown, MA / 32,880
9. 7,960.9/sq mi Arlington, MA / 43,728
10. 7,468.8/sq mi Lowell, MA / 108,491
11. 7,135.1/sq mi Boston, MA / 639,594
12. 6,750.2/sq mi Lynn, MA / 91,289
13. 6,581.1/sq mi Medford, MA / 56,981
14. 5,774.9/sq mi Melrose, MA / 27,509
15. 5,330.2/sq mi Belmont, MA / 25,173