The State Department of Transportation has formally denied the application for the helistop at 1 Jets Drive. Moving forward we will monitor the property to ensure no further unauthorized attempts are made to bypass municipal zoning requirements.
August 22, 2017
Final supporters
We, the undersigned, ask that the State of New Jersey's Department of Transportation, REJECT the application submitted by Florham Park Development LLC for approval of a Helistop to be built on the property designated as 1 Jets Drive in Florham Park.
Four years ago the Jets, on behalf of owner Woody Johnson, the recently appointed U.S. Ambassador to Britain, filed an application with the local municipality, but withdrew it under pressure from nearby residents. Now, Mr. Johnson and his organization, through this new LLC, are trying to boldly circumvent lawful zoning expressions and local interests by applying directly to the state for a helistop license without exhausting the requisite municipal land use hearing process. Additionally, within the new application filed with the state, they have submitted as support documentation that is over four years old, seemingly from their prior application!
This helistop license application does not mention the intense commercial and residential development that has and is occurring on that old Exxon property where the helistop will be located. Additionally, the flight patterns proposed stop short once they effectively reach the Jets’ property line, and makes no mention of the helicopters’ movements as they approach and depart the surrounding neighborhoods.
The helistop will add significant and unnecessary noise pollution to the adjacent neighborhoods in Madison and Florham Park, and create a unavoidable safety hazard for the residents as well as the children who use the Madison Recreation Complex, Madison High School and the Florham Park Middle School, all of which are in the immediate mile from the proposed take-off and landing location.
Although the facility has already been operational for ten years, Ambassador Johnson and his organization now assert that they “need” this helistop to transport him and “their executives,” anticipating over 1,000 trips a year, day and night! However, they also fail to mention the fact that there is a perfectly adequate helicopter facility at Morristown Municipal Airport, which is merely 1 mile away.
They also assert their "need" to be able to transport possible injured athletes. Morristown Memorial Hospital has its own helistop for emergencies and is 5 minutes away by ambulance.
Given the reasons above, this request is wholly unwarranted and should be rejected. This area has seen a significant increase in air traffic, and we now have the President of the United States landing at Morristown Airport many weekends. Another aircraft facility that close by is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 30, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
June 28, 2017
June 26, 2017
We need to hit the one hundred signature threshold before we submit our formal protest letter to the Department of Transportation. This volume is necessary to demonstrate the breadth of opposition to the state regulators reviewing the application.
241 Comments
We live in a beautiful family community, which we pay high taxes to do so, we don't need to have all that unnecessary noise never mind putting our children at risk as well. Let them be inconvenienced by flying into Newark!!
We live within 3000 feet of the proposed helistop. Transportation to the proposed location is already adequate. The facility is within the flight path of the airport. Our address is 28 Bedford Ct, Madison, NJ 07940
This is ridiculous given the pilot would have to slightly deviate from an already established county airport just a few football fields away. Shame on them for going right to the state. Not very neighborly.
No true need for this considering; the close proximity to residences, the close proximity to Morristown Airport, the already close proximity to Morristown Medical Center (it would take longer by helicopter to get to the facility than by ambulance!).
130 Greenwood Av, Madison, NJ. I makes no sense to put in a heliport 1 mile from an existing heliport which has all the requisite flight controls and existing flight patterns.
excessive noise, flying over nearby schools, with an existing helipad a mile away at the airport. This is nuts.
Development has had a big impact on our area--and some has been accepted, it's important that there are some boundaries as well so that people who live here can live in harmony with changes. A helipad, though convenient is not a necessity with an airport so close by. The community needs to be able to act as a steward of all local resources--this proposal is not for something that will improve life for the whole community. It will only provide convenience for a few who do not reside here. Denying it will not cause us to lose the whole facility. Allowing it will have a negative impact on many.
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The State Department of Transportation has formally denied the application for the helistop at 1 Jets Drive. Moving forward we will monitor the property to ensure no further unauthorized attempts are made to bypass municipal zoning requirements.
August 22, 2017
Final supporters
We, the undersigned, ask that the State of New Jersey's Department of Transportation, REJECT the application submitted by Florham Park Development LLC for approval of a Helistop to be built on the property designated as 1 Jets Drive in Florham Park.
Four years ago the Jets, on behalf of owner Woody Johnson, the recently appointed U.S. Ambassador to Britain, filed an application with the local municipality, but withdrew it under pressure from nearby residents. Now, Mr. Johnson and his organization, through this new LLC, are trying to boldly circumvent lawful zoning expressions and local interests by applying directly to the state for a helistop license without exhausting the requisite municipal land use hearing process. Additionally, within the new application filed with the state, they have submitted as support documentation that is over four years old, seemingly from their prior application!
This helistop license application does not mention the intense commercial and residential development that has and is occurring on that old Exxon property where the helistop will be located. Additionally, the flight patterns proposed stop short once they effectively reach the Jets’ property line, and makes no mention of the helicopters’ movements as they approach and depart the surrounding neighborhoods.
The helistop will add significant and unnecessary noise pollution to the adjacent neighborhoods in Madison and Florham Park, and create a unavoidable safety hazard for the residents as well as the children who use the Madison Recreation Complex, Madison High School and the Florham Park Middle School, all of which are in the immediate mile from the proposed take-off and landing location.
Although the facility has already been operational for ten years, Ambassador Johnson and his organization now assert that they “need” this helistop to transport him and “their executives,” anticipating over 1,000 trips a year, day and night! However, they also fail to mention the fact that there is a perfectly adequate helicopter facility at Morristown Municipal Airport, which is merely 1 mile away.
They also assert their "need" to be able to transport possible injured athletes. Morristown Memorial Hospital has its own helistop for emergencies and is 5 minutes away by ambulance.
Given the reasons above, this request is wholly unwarranted and should be rejected. This area has seen a significant increase in air traffic, and we now have the President of the United States landing at Morristown Airport many weekends. Another aircraft facility that close by is a disaster waiting to happen.
Note - Please include your home address in the comments section
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 30, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
June 28, 2017
June 26, 2017
We need to hit the one hundred signature threshold before we submit our formal protest letter to the Department of Transportation. This volume is necessary to demonstrate the breadth of opposition to the state regulators reviewing the application.
241 Comments
We are residents of Florham Park for over 30 years and moved here to have a quality of life without additional air and noise pollution and traffic. I object to a Hellistop to be built at a Jets Drive in Florham Park.
We live in a beautiful family community, which we pay high taxes to do so, we don't need to have all that unnecessary noise never mind putting our children at risk as well. Let them be inconvenienced by flying into Newark!!
We live within 3000 feet of the proposed helistop. Transportation to the proposed location is already adequate. The facility is within the flight path of the airport. Our address is 28 Bedford Ct, Madison, NJ 07940
This is ridiculous given the pilot would have to slightly deviate from an already established county airport just a few football fields away. Shame on them for going right to the state. Not very neighborly.
No true need for this considering; the close proximity to residences, the close proximity to Morristown Airport, the already close proximity to Morristown Medical Center (it would take longer by helicopter to get to the facility than by ambulance!).
130 Greenwood Av, Madison, NJ. I makes no sense to put in a heliport 1 mile from an existing heliport which has all the requisite flight controls and existing flight patterns.
excessive noise, flying over nearby schools, with an existing helipad a mile away at the airport. This is nuts.
Development has had a big impact on our area--and some has been accepted, it's important that there are some boundaries as well so that people who live here can live in harmony with changes. A helipad, though convenient is not a necessity with an airport so close by. The community needs to be able to act as a steward of all local resources--this proposal is not for something that will improve life for the whole community. It will only provide convenience for a few who do not reside here. Denying it will not cause us to lose the whole facility. Allowing it will have a negative impact on many.
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We are residents of Florham Park for over 30 years and moved here to have a quality of life without additional air and noise pollution and traffic. I object to a Hellistop to be built at a Jets Drive in Florham Park.