Lakeland Linder International Airport’s latest plan to reduce aircraft noise over Lakeland neighborhoods is getting a final review this week before being submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, the airport’s interim director told city commissioners on Monday.
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Petition Makes Noise: FAA’s Approval of Amazon Expansion Set for Mediation
Traffic is a snarly issue in Lakeland with growth not only congesting a stressed road grid, but filling the skyscape with aircraft coming and going from city-owned Lakeland Linder International Airport.
Posted inCity Hall, Transportation
City Has to Start Over on Its Air Traffic Noise Reduction Plan
Last spring, city officials thought this month was when air traffic controllers would begin to route jets bound for Lakeland Linder Airport over the Polk Parkway, reducing noise over neighborhoods. But city commissioners learned today that implementation of the noise mitigation plan is probably a year away.
Posted inBusiness
After Posing Questions, Commission OKs Amazon Lease
A 50-year lease agreement for Amazon Services Inc.‘s planned jet cargo operation at Lakeland Linder International Airport won the City Commission’s unanimous approval Monday afternoon, but not before commissioners fielded skeptical questions and asked a few of their own.
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Amazon Plans Huge Air Cargo Center in Lakeland
Amazon is planning to build a major jet cargo operation at Lakeland Linder International Airport that’s expected to cost $100 million and employ 800 to 1,000 workers. Amazon Services Inc. is the long-held-secret negotiator for an intermodal center on the northwest side of the airport, City Attorney Tim McCausland announced this morning during a City […]
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