Monday, February 4, 2019
Pilots Withdraw Application for Private North Hero Airstrip
A proposal for a private airstrip in North Hero has officially been grounded.
Larry Dupont and Glenn Cotton have withdrawn their application for the runway at 89 Macomb Bay Lane, according to a brief letter the pilots’ attorney sent to the Vermont Transportation Board on Friday.
The plan for a private, 2,000-foot-long grass airstrip rattled the neighborhood along Lake Champlain. At an October 31 public hearing held by the Transportation Board, dozens of residents voiced their opposition to the proposal.
About a week later, the board filed a "recess memo" ordering Cotton and Dupont to refile their request with "the appropriate municipal panel" and gave them until February 7 to do so.
Friday’s letter appears to have put an end to the proposal. Scott Richardson, a neighbor who’d spoken against the plan, hadn’t heard about the decision before a reporter reached him Monday.
His response to the news? "Awesome!"
Neither Cotton nor Dupont immediately returned calls for comment.
Larry Dupont and Glenn Cotton have withdrawn their application for the runway at 89 Macomb Bay Lane, according to a brief letter the pilots’ attorney sent to the Vermont Transportation Board on Friday.
The plan for a private, 2,000-foot-long grass airstrip rattled the neighborhood along Lake Champlain. At an October 31 public hearing held by the Transportation Board, dozens of residents voiced their opposition to the proposal.
About a week later, the board filed a "recess memo" ordering Cotton and Dupont to refile their request with "the appropriate municipal panel" and gave them until February 7 to do so.
Friday’s letter appears to have put an end to the proposal. Scott Richardson, a neighbor who’d spoken against the plan, hadn’t heard about the decision before a reporter reached him Monday.
His response to the news? "Awesome!"
Neither Cotton nor Dupont immediately returned calls for comment.
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