Current Affairs Municipalities against plan for new international airport

15-02-2010 15:55 | Jan Velinger

Villagers in two municipalities north of Prague have voted overwhelmingly against a plan aiming to turn a local airstrip into a new international airport. Under the plan, Letiště Vodochody would be transformed into a second airport serving the Czech capital, with around 1.5 million travellers or more processed each year. But many locals are worried that the new site will have a negative impact: traffic, noise pollution, property devaluation.

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