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17| The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,S eptem ber 13,2018 theifp.ca paths on evening flights to avoid residential areas, changing where they turn to head off. NAV Can also told the councillors that by in- creasing the landing speeds the noise is actually less. One noise reduction technique is to increase the speed on descent. "There's a less abrupt change in the operations of the aircraft," said Lawlor. The airport will also look at alternating busy and less busy weekends for flights, and based on a se- ries of research about noise across the GTA, use certain runways that have lesser impact on surround- ing residential areas. The current incoming flight policy keeps planes at a 732-metre altitude over the community before landing and keep a three- degree decline sweeping down to the runway. The addition to the pol- icy will include having planes even higher over residential areas and glid- ing down to the runway. Pearson will be training their air traffic controllers on the changes in advance of unveiling the measures. "I was a little discour- aged at first," said Fogal, talking about the previous measures that were being looked at, which she ar- gued were expensive, high- ly technical and less effec- tive. "I think it remains to be seen, what happens." Lawlor said that she is glad that NAV Canada is trying to make changes, she has received com- plaints that people are be- ing disturbed while sleep- ing at night, as well as while sitting outside. "It's a nuisance and an annoyance for us," she said, noting that it's a diffi- cult issue to mitigate, given the fact that planes are larger, and more frequent. Visually, larger planes flying over look like they are lower. "There's a less abrupt change in the operations of the aircraft," she said. "I re- ally appreciate the efforts they're putting in place. We're going through some growing pains." NEWS United Way and UPS Canada brought together community partners for the third annual plane pull in support of United Way Greater Toronto at Toronto Pearson Airport. Riziero Vertolli / Metroland Continued from page 16 From Modern to Contemporary to Traditional. Product & Design That Complement Your Life. 348 Guelph St. Georgetown (Behind YoYo's, next to Cooper Standard) www.kabinetpro.com 905-702-7719 Authorized Dealer for