Quiet Will Depart Belmont's Sky Under FAA Proposal

Aircraft leaving Logan International will take direct route over suburban towns.

An estimated 2,600 additional Belmont residents - nearly one in ten of those living in town – will soon be subjected to direct passenger jet noise of between 45 to 65 decibels under a Federal Aviation Administration plan that alters the routes taken by planes departing from Boston's Logan International Airport. According to maps provided in the proposal, most of the additional residents will be in the Belmont Hill neighborhood nearest Route 2 between Pleasant and Prospect streets. The proposal will effectively place the entire town under the noise umbrella which citizens can expect noise as loud as someone playing the piano as aircraft fly overhead.  Currently, residents living in the southeastern half of town – estimated at roughly 20,000…

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