Paul Clinton
AIRPORT DISTRICT -- Burbank Airport received an additional $5 million
from the Federal Aviation Administration to soundproof homes and a school
in Burbank and Los Angeles to reduce the impacts of jet noise.
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, the nine-member board
that governs the airport, announced the receipt of the grant Tuesday.
The appropriation brings the total the airport and FAA have committed
to soundproofing since 1989 to more than $30 million. The grant requires
the authority to pay for 19% of the work, while the FAA will kick in the
bulk of the funding.
The $5 million from the FAA and the authority's contribution will be
used to soundproof 210 homes in Burbank and Los Angeles.
The authority will also add to earlier soundproofing at Luther Burbank
Middle School. The authority and FAA will spend $582,000 to soundproof
Luther's auditorium, music room and several other rooms, officials said.
The authority spent $3.9 million to soundproof much of the school in
1994.
