WASHINGTON — County executives from Anne Arundel and Howard counties have asked Maryland’s attorney general to sue the Federal Aviation Administration over airport noise.
Howard County Executive Alan Kittleman wrote in a letter to Attorney General Brian Frosh on Wednesday that “Many families in Howard County have been suffering from the constant and continuous bombardment of noise from lower flying planes” heading into BWI-Marshall Airport since the FAA instituted NextGen, a change in flight patterns that funnels air traffic into narrower pathways at lower altitudes.
The letter from Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh asks Frosh to push for a solution from the FAA that wouldn’t favor one region over another. “All citizens would benefit from aircrafts staying at higher altitudes as they approach BWI,” Schuh wrote.
The letters from the two Republican county executives follow a directive issued to Frosh by Gov. Larry Hogan earlier this month.
Raquel Coombs, with Frosh’s office, told WTOP that the idea has already been under consideration by the attorney general for several months, and remains under consideration.
