Pine Island rejection tops site studies on new airport
A major report details 22 sites under review for a region airport. Pine Island repeatedly labeled very poor due to high cost and impractical promises of a high speed rail link, with two mountains to flatten for safe landings. Washingtonville chorus concert postponed to 8 pm tonight. admission free.
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Airport study cites Great Swamp as viable site
The panel reaffirms that northern New Jersey and New York need a new major airport. It reiterates Great Swamp in Morris County as the only site meeting all criteria, within about 50 minutes of Manhattan and 25 from Newark, while urging regional cooperation to secure shuttle and trunk flights from Montgomery.
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