Why Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) expansion is bad for Mercer & Bucks County Residents
Home values decrease up to 30% near an airport.
Past & current expansion has been divided into smaller projects to avoid a comprehensive environmental analysis.
The particles in airplane exhaust are directly tied to heart disease and asthma.
Annual flight volume through early 2019 has already exceeded the 2035 flight estimates presented to the community by 17,238 take-off/landings, 16 YEARS EARLY & PRIOR TO TERMINAL EXPANSION.
Researchers are equating unregulated airplane exhaust to an urban freeway network & are warning that the air quality impacts have been seriously underestimated.
Airport plans will change storm drainage; there is known contaminated groundwater on airport property which could make TTN the next Flint.
Eat Locally? Thousands of residents depend on fresh fruits, vegetables & meats grown in Lawrence & Hopewell Townships. Heavy metals & organic compounds in airplane exhaust put our food at risk of contamination.
Toxic emissions from planes flying below 900 feet endanger joggers, cyclists, and wildlife at Mercer Meadows Park & the Pole Farm Bird Sanctuary.
Mercer & Bucks County Residents are already subject to a record number of overflights & vehicular through-traffic; local airport expansion will further degrade our poor air quality.
