The trees around the College Park airport were trimmed or topped in 2014, but they had grown sufficiently so as to once again encroach on the airport’s approach and departure safety areas. This was noted at the most recent Annual Inspection of the airport the State agency Maryland Aviation Administration- MAA.
In addition, trees bordering those areas, not previously a problem, had grown so as to require trimming. M-NCPPC and the MAA have been negotiating on the extent of the project and have finalized the project’s scope.
College Park Airport performed a study and has concluded which trees at College Park Airport and in properties near the Airport are an obstruction to air navigation. The airport said they will work with the community to ensure trees that are an existing airport hazard do not grow any higher.
The representatives from the M-NCPPC / the Airport will be at this week’s meeting. They include Stephen Edgin, College Park Assistant Airport Manager, Chanda Washington, Division Chief Public Affairs, Laura Connelly, Acting Park Planning Supervisor, Rae Wallace, NHRD Outreach and Communications Coordinator Lee Sommer of College Park Airport Manager. The representatives will brief the City Council about the tree trimming and tree replanting program around the College Park Airport.