Evaluation of the various flight paths to continue at least until November

Yesterday, Thursday 10.9.09, a delegation of Clear Skies members met for a brief meeting with Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz who was visiting Modiin Municipality.

We submitted to Minister Katz 5,000 signatures of the city residents on the petition against the flights over Modiin and a letter detailing seven reasons why this flight path should not be implemented.

After the minister left the Modiin Municipality, we continued the meeting for another half an hour with the senior management of the Israel Airport Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority. In this meeting we learned that the evaluation of the three flight paths is expected to continue at least until the month of November.

The heads of the aviation authorities reiterated their commitment to not approve nor publish any new flight path without coordinating in advance with Modiin Mayor Haim Bibas.

For details and photos of the above meetings as well as information on the test flights conducted this week over the city please visit our Hebrew Web site: http://planes.modiin.us

Minister of Transportation visit to Modiin this Thursday Sep 10th

This Thursday September 10th the minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz will visit Modiin to discuss with mayor Haim Bibas the various transportation issues of the city.

Minister Katz heeded the request of Mayor Bibas to allocate time at the end of their meeting in order to meet a delegation of Clear Skies members.

In addition we would like to arrange for a resident protest at the entrance to the Municipality, with signs that will convey the message that Modiin residents will not allow Modiin to be turned into an airport. The relevant time frame for the protest is currently 11:45am to 1pm. Clear Skies HQ will take care of all the relevant police permits.

If you can participate in the protest during the above time frame please email us at planes@modiin.us and state your mobile phone number. The protest will take place only if 20-30 people sign up for it by Tuesday night.

We are also planning to hang up on Wednesday night protest signs around the city in the path of minister Katz visit. If you can help us with hanging signs please email us at planes@modiin.us and state your mobile phone number.

Please follow our Hebrew Website for updates

Our dedicated translator Nili is away for several weeks and during this period  English updates will not be posted here. If you are willing and able to volunteer to fill in for Nili and to help with translating Clear Skies updates to English please email us at planes@modiin.us.

Those who can read Hebrew are welcome to follow our Hebrew website, which includes the following recent updates:

1. Letter to the Prime Minister who visited Modi'in this week to open the school year, with emphasis on the impact of planes noise on children's learning abilities with quotes from relevant studies.
   
2. Per complaint filed by Clear Skies activist, the state comptroller will examine the decision making process re the flight path over Modiin.
   
3. Minister of Environment Protection Gilad Erdan responds  in a letter to the Clear Skies HQ to the numerous Modiin residents appeals.
   

Clear Skies Hebrew Website: http://planes.modiin.us