One interesting presentation at a study session dealt with noise from planes taking off at and landing at Centennial Airport. Unsurprisingly, the most complaints came from areas closest to the airport, where noise would be the loudest.
As someone who doesn’t live too far from the airport, I can attest to the fact that the planes do make considerable noise; luckily for me, I live far enough away that I do not constantly deal with it. However, households near the airport that bear the full brunt of the noise do have a significant disturbance.
However, there are efforts to mitigate the situation of the residents near the airport. For instance, there is now a website to track all planes in the area at any time. This allows residents to be more aware of what is going on at the airport and allows them to be able to have more specific complaints so that the airport can make more specific changes.
Alec Camhi
My name is Alec Camhi, and I'm a junior at Cherry Creek High School.
I have been deeply involved in politics for as long as I can remember: back in Connecticut, where I grew up, my grandmother was a member of the city board of education for twelve years, the chairwoman of the Democratic City Committee for twenty-eight years, a member of the state board of education for the final three years of her life, and a DNC super delegate for about three decades.
Unsurprisingly, I have thus grown up with politics and government around me for my whole life, and I have a great deal of admiration for those who serve us in the government everyday. I have been raised to understand the value and importance of every level of government - not just the ones that are constantly in the spotlight - because I have always been so deeply involved with local races and news. The workings and activities of municipal and other local governments are often overlooked, but they often have at least as an important impact on the daily lives of those under its jurisdiction.
I am excited to carry the tradition of local involvement with which I grew up in Connecticut out to Colorado!
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