DORVAL – Members of the public had a rare opportunity Thursday to ask the Montreal Airport Authority’s CEO anything they wanted – but not many people showed up.
In the past, Dorval residents have confronted Aéroports de Montreal (ADM) about its decision to build a new security checkpoint on the former Dorval Municipal Golf Course.
Recently, the green space committee threw in the towel after a court ruled the ADM had the right to cut down trees on the land.
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Nonetheless, one man wondered about the impact of wiping out the golf course.
“There’s been a lot of concern about the environmental impact of the move into that space. What measures is the airport taking to compensate for the loss of the move into the former Dorval golf course?” he asked.
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ADM CEO James Cherry responded by telling him there would be a 25-metre buffer zone on the land and a sound barrier to protect homeowners.
He also added that the environment remains a priority.
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“We have a very clear-stated policy,” said Cherry.
“For every tree that we take down on any property – we’ve had on other points of our property taken down trees – we have a policy that says we plant 10, so every time we take down a tree, we plant 10 somewhere else.”
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Another West Island resident pressed Cherry to make public all the data the ADM has collected on noise levels.
“We don’t have a problem sharing the data that we’re collecting,” said Cherry.
“It is, as we said, properly collected, professionally collected, it is analyzed and we’ll continue to share it as we do.”
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