Residents frustrated over lack of action

Airport, FAA disagree on data

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As representatives of the Centennial Airport and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continue to disagree about why more aircraft are ying over nearby neighborhoods, residents are frustrated by a lack of progress.

“I’m begging you for solutions,” said Audra Dubler, a Greenwood Village resident, during the Feb. 9 Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority Board of Commissioners meeting. “I think there’s a huge amount of frustration and confusion. I have no rights. Everyone’s telling me, ‘No, the FAA,’ or it’s you, or who is it? Everyone keeps passing the buck.”

Dubler is a leader of Quiet Skies Over Arapahoe County, a group of concerns at Centennial Airport.

For months, they have been attending meetings to raise concerns about increased air tra c, noise and lead pollution impacting residents, speci cally those living north of Arapahoe Road.

At the Feb. 1 Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable meeting, roughly 150 people attended either in person or virtually.

“ e residents are mad. I’m mad. Because it’s maddening to have as