BCAW Joins Calls for Fairer Community Contract with Airports

Belfast City Airport Watch has joined a dozen airport community groups across the UK calling for a fairer ‘community contract’ with airports which cause noise pollution problems for local residents. The groups want the contract to ensure:

• Best practice is not just the norm but is mandatory

• The noise burden is genuinely reduced over time

• First-class consultation is not just a nice-to-have, but is compulsory

• If residents want respite or dispersal, the airport needs to provide it

• There are meaningful sanctions to ensure compliance by the airport