City of Bowling Green v. Cooksey

SCHRODER,

dissenting.

The question becomes whether or not the airport board has to wait until there are proposed changes in the surrounding area before it can condemn a noise zone or safety buffer around the airport. One only has to visit Kentucky’s Greater Cincinnati Airport to see the wisdom of advanced planning. Numerous subdivisions have recently been built around that airport and as a result, there are now numerous complaints about noise with the increased air traffic, bigger and louder planes, and lengthened runways and taxiways. Had the planners seen the extent of growth and changes, and…