The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is launching an initiative to improve air traffic flows over South-Central Florida including the Fort Lauderdale area. This initiative, called the South-Central Florida Metroplex, will include several airports in addition to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International and will also examine airspace flows across the state, at areas in and around Orlando, Tampa, Miami, and West Palm Beach.
Before the official start of the environmental review process, the FAA is inviting the public to a series of workshops to gain input into the proposed designs. Professional air traffic and environmental staff will be available to explain the environmental process, procedural design, and next steps. Resident comments will then be used to review, and potentially refine, these proposals. The agency will consider all of these comments, but we will not be responding to these individual comments at this juncture.
The FAA will conduct additional meetings to gather further community input once a draft environmental assessment (EA) is completed. Responses to public comments submitted on the draft EA will be included in the final EA document, which will be made available for public review.
As always, Congressional staff is welcome to attend any or all of these workshops. The meeting dates and locations are listed below:
WHEN: Monday, April 22, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Old Davie School (6650 Griffin Rd., Davie, FL 33314)
WHEN: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Mangrove Hall, Westlake (1200 Sheridan St., Hollywood, FL 33019)
WHEN: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Signature Grand (6900 State Road 84, Davie, FL. 33317)
WHEN: Thursday, April 25, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: David Posnack Jewish Community Center (5850 S. Pine Island Rd., Davie, FL 33328)
For more information, please call (404) 305-5000, email ASO-RegionalAdministrator@faa.gov, or visit the FAA's website.