Council Moves on Airport Noise Plan
The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to ask the Airport Commission to develop a new, balanced approach to reducing noise at Van Nuys Airport and submit the plan for approval within three months.
The council was poised in 1997 to adopt a rule banning additional older and noisier jets, but delayed action to allow the airport to conduct a study of the effects of such a rule on the economy of the airfield.
That study said the effects would be devastating.
The City Council on Friday adopted a motion directing the Airport Commission to work with the Van Nuys Airport Citizens Advisory Committee to develop noise-reduction plan. Such a plan would attempt to balance the need to reduce the nuisance to neighbors with the need to protect the economic output of the airport.
The council’s action was welcomed by the Van Nuys Airport Assn., a coalition of airport tenants.
“Most of the 3,400 people who work at the airport also live in the area,” said John Dunn, the association president. “We care about the continued success of Van Nuys Airport because the airport’s success is good for the community.”
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
