A controversial, $1.5 million study examining whether the Hartford-Brainard Airport should remain open or be closed for redevelopment has been approved by the General Assembly.
A controversial bill that would launch a $1.5 million study to examine future uses for Hartford-Brainard Airport including whether it should be closed and redeveloped narrowly cleared a key legislative committee.
The state would spend $1.5 million on a new study of Hartford-Brainard Airport, under a bill in the state General Assembly, turning up the heat another notch in the debate over whether the century-old airfield should be closed and redeveloped.
A fledgling organization fighting to keep Hartford-Brainard Airport open ramped up the pressure Thursday arguing the push for closing the century-old airfield is coming without any solid plan for what would replace it.