Visit our DEIR Webpage to learn more about the MEPA process, what the developers are saying, and new tools and resources to make your opposition to this egregious expansion project known.

The developers have filed their DEIR with MEPA

(Office of the MA Environmental Policy Act)

Read the Full DEIR here

THIS is one of those moments where numbers matter!

This is your opportunity to send a message to Governor Healey’s administration, through this MEPA review process, to do the right thing – to use whatever means the Governor and Secretary Tepper have within their power to derail this egregious proposal which makes a mockery of genuine decarbonization efforts by thousands of people across our Commonwealth.

Make Your Voice Heard!

1) Check out this DEIR Summary

2) Draft your public comment using guidance from our TOOLKIT

The comment period closes on May 10th

The Comment Period has been extended to June 14th

SPJE DEIR Comment Period Office Hours

Overwhelmed? Every Wednesday at 6PM and Thursday at noon until the comment period ends. Come with your questions, or simply use this as a dedicated time to write your comment with some Zoom accountability.

On Wednesday, May 1st, The National Trust For Historic Preservation Announced:

Minute Man National Historical Park, Walden, And Nearby Landmarks are designated as one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places Due To Threat Of Private Luxury Jet Expansion At Hanscom Airport

Read the press release, see pictures from the announcement ceremony featuring speaker Ashely Judd and local leaders, and see the fantastic press coverage here!

See What People Are Saying

People across Massachusetts are speaking out against Massport and Runway Realty Venture’s reckless plans for private jet hangar expansion at Hanscom civil airport (not the Air Force base).

Remarks from our State Legislators and US EPA on the Developers’ March 4th Presentation

"I know the destruction you folks intend to wreak on Massachusetts and I resent it.... Please don't erect these bogus environmental rationales for something that has nothing whatsoever to do with relieving the crisis that faces us in terms of climate. Just be honest about it. This is all about becoming a little richer yourselves by helping people even richer than you.” - Sen. Mike Barrett

"...what can we say about what's going to happen at the vacated hangars in Plymouth and other locations? I think that one could actually take as true every single assertion that is being made here about ferry flights, and still come to the conclusion based on the basic principles of supply-demand economics, that this development will result in additional private jets being flown all around our communities." - Rep Simon Cataldo

"... all of my constituents are deeply troubled by the impact of the jets themselves." - Rep Michelle Ciccolo

"And it seems to me that there would be data about those number of [ferry] flights... And so as you prepare, I'm hoping that we will see that. It seems to me to be possible to get." - Rep Ken Gordon

"We've encouraged the entities involved in this project to coordinate with Air Force, Navy, APA and mass DEP regarding these sites to ensure that any plan proposed activities would occur in a manner that remains protective of human health and the environment and doesn't interfere with ongoing remedies or future investigations. I am not personally aware that this coordination has occurred in a robust manner." - Anni Loughlin, US EPA

See the full transcript from the March 4th Developer Public Meeting here

“These private jets are dinosaurs and they’re dinosaurs because they put so much carbon in the air they undermine our other efforts to keep GHG out of the air and from polluting the planet.... The time has come to pull back on private jets” - Rep Carmine Gentile

Listen to Rep Gentile’s full comments from the 2/20/24 meeting here

See additional statements from Legislators and others here

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

These Massachusetts landmarks made a new list of the ‘most endangered sites’ in the US ∙ Boston Globe ∙ Tanya Alanez ∙ 5/1/2024
Climate Change Activists Protest New Private Jet Expansion at Massachusetts Airport ∙ CBS News, WBZ ∙ 4/21/2024
Commission Says Hangar Project Unworthy of Historic Tax Credits ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ 4/2/2024
Healey’s BPL Visit Draws Picket Over Massport Private-Jet Plan ∙ Fenway News ∙ Leslie Pond ∙ 4/2024
Developers’ Presentation at Middlesex Community College - Hear Sen. Barrett blast Massport ∙ 3/4/24

UPCOMING EVENTS and ACTION OPPORTUNITIES

Upcoming Events

Sat, May 4, 2024, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Wake up the Earth Festival in Jamaica Plain

Sun, May 5, 2024, St. Mark's in Burlington - Post Service Public Comment Writing

Sun, May 5, 2024, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Lincoln First Parish SpringFest

Tue, May 7, 2024, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Anne Sobol Talk and Action at Lincoln Library in the Tarbell Room

Sat, May 18, 2024, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, The 68th Annual Bedford First Parish Plant & Craft Fair

Sat, June 8, 2024, Democracy Fair First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Concord

Recurring Standouts & Demonstrations

Join us and meet community members as we raise awareness in opposition to private jet expansion at Hanscom or anywhere.

Hanscom Field Demonstrations

8-9AM on Fridays ON PAUSE DURING CONSTRUCTION

On Friday mornings, we demonstrate at the entrance to Hanscom Field at the intersection of Hanscom Drive and Old Bedford Road.

Please reach out to adchat@aol.com to RSVP so we can notify you if we are canceling due to inclement weather.

Bedford Standouts

Join us for a public Stand Out in Bedford to oppose private jet expansion at Hanscom or anywhere. We will have some signs – or make/bring your own. Meet at Veterans Memorial Park at 160 Great Road (across the street from Whole Foods plaza) where we will stand in solidarity with signs as people pass by. Please encourage others to join us to rally to Stop Private Jet Expansion. For questions, email: info.ma.bedford@mothersoutfront.org

Where: Veterans Memorial Park across from Bank of America 160 Great Road Bedford, MA 01730

When: Thursdays scheduled as follows:

May 2, 4-5 pm: RSVP | May 9, 8:30-9 am: RSVP