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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s weird to me that the palisades and surrounding neighborhoods have never mentioned Anacostia and Southern PG as similarly affected, even though the flight pattern often has low flying planes in that direction.

So weird they don’t seem to care about these communities.  I wonder why that is…[/quote]
Just reading this thread and the comments from 2023. What an excellent point and how very relevant right now. 
Probably part of the reason is that PG county government seems to be asleep at the wheel so others feel they don't have to care either. Pg county residents deserve better.[/quote]

Yes. When Vianair did the community survey the smallest number of respondents came from Accokeek! I am sure they did not realize how important it was because there was probably no proper outreach by the county. It is sad.
https://www.vianair.com/soa/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SOA-Community-Survey-Results-Summary-v090224.pdf

I have not seen any information about the community meetings yet but the plan is to have everything finalized and sent to the FAA by mid march. We may witnessing the fastest public process ever. [/quote]

Accokeek is in District 9 of Prince George's County. District 9 is huge and Accokeek in on the very edge of it which may be part of the problem. The council representative for that district in Sydney Harrison, 301-9523820, e-mail: councilDistrict9@co.pg.md.us if anybody has any questions. His offices are in Largo.[/quote]

When the DCA Working Group first starting discussing extending South Flow SIDs (departures) farther towards Accokeek in January 2022, the FAA presented maps showing not just population density, but maps showing communities of low income and people of color. The discussion with maps is on pages two and three:

https://www.flyreagan.com/sites/flyreagan.com/files/2022-04/DCA%20CWG%20Final%20meeting%20Summary%201.27.2022.pdf

Some of the most interesting quotes:

"Implementing DCA SIDs would have negative impacts over State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) locations in VA and MD. • They also have to look at environmental justice demographics on the impact on minority and low income populations."

"On the environmental justice issue, has an assessment been made on whether minorities or low-income communities would be impacted?"

"Stephen Thayer: Where does that leave us? • [b]Charles Armstead (FAA)[/b]: [b]In a nutshell, you want to develop a procedure to move the noise farther east over someone else’s neighborhood. • Stephen Thayer: No, it’s over the river. • Charles Armstead : Moving the track farther east could push the noise into other communities."
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None of these issues were discussed at the last meeting so I wonder what has already been done or what is planned. Hopefully, it does not involve SHPO or other bureaucrats rubber stamping documents they don't fully understand. 
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The Community Working Group at DCA needs somebody like Mr. Charles Armstead, i.e. somebody who does not just want to pander to the wealthy. The new person from the FAA to be appointed to liaise with the working group should critically look at every single request from the group.[/quote]

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