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New roadmap into Northeast airspace
The FAA has issued a final decision for redesigning the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan airspace, but it is likely that airport neighbor

The FAA has issued a final decision for redesigning the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan airspace, but it is likely that airport neighbors will challenge the plan on the grounds that the new routings increase noise.

Shortly after the FAA held a press briefing on the new plan early last month, Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Robert Martinez (D-N.J.) issued a joint statement denouncing it. In addition, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), whose district is north of New York City, claimed that neighborhoods there will now hear up to 600 flights per day.

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