You are unhappy about a plan to make your local airport bigger and increase the number of flights. You live near the airport. Write a letter to your local newspaper. In your letter explain where you live describe the problem give reasons why you do not want this development Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir or Madam,

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing
this
letter to express my dissatisfaction with the new policy to extend the Ottawa
airport
geographically and to increase the number of flights
also
. I am residing near the
airport
and
this
new change will affect our neighbourhood environmentally as well as socially. I am a resident of
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Barton
Bartona
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community which is around 5 kilometres North
to
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airport
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the airport
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. I come to know that the municipality is planning to increase the area up to
to
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the
North side
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Northside
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, which will make our lives harder. As you would already be aware that there is only one park
besides
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our house which is the social place of almost 40 families. The blueprints of
new
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airport
are covering that park as well. Not only we will lose our playgrounds, but
also
we will be prone to Noise and Air pollution because of the more planes than usual. I would like to request to reconsider the extension map and volume of flights. There
is
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around 23 acres of unused land to the south of the
airport
which can be considered for
this
change. Proceeding with that plan will persist our park and as well as keep us far from pollution. I look forward to a better outcome of
this
letter. Yours faithfully, Simranjit
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