User:NoJetsTO

NoJetsTO is a grassroots advocacy group in Toronto Canada. It came together in April 2013 as a result of a proposal by Porter Airlines to increase its business proposition, by including jets in its operations out of the Billy Bishop Toronto Central Airport (BBTCA). NoJetsTO is made up of people from across the city of Toronto. Various reasons for affiliations to NoJetsTO include: worries about the sensitive ecosystem on Lake Ontario; noise penetration from the Island to surrounding recreational, residential and commercial areas; worries about the thousands of water birds that live close to the BBTCA, and many of which could disable a jet engine, which could imperil the lives of those on an aircraft or living nearby; traffic and transit congestion in accessing the small spur road which is the sole access for passengers using the BTCA; contradiction of the millions of dollars being invested in developing Toronto waterfront; adding up to 1.2 million more gridlocked cars in the neighbourhood of the BBTCA annually if expansion plans were agreed to; flight paths over residential areas; adding to already difficult safety issues (taxi traffic, transportation of fuels and supplies, noise, poor air quality) for children at the Waterfront and City school, located adjacent to the BBTCA access areas; denigrating the recreational uses of Lake Ontario, including sailing, kayaking, Handicapped boating, windsurfing, kite sailing, canoeing and power boating.