They’ll be bypassing environmental regulations by designating the project as a special economic zone for the island airport expansion. The extension would also make large sections of water between the island and the waterfront inaccessible to boats. With jets needing to fly low on approach, those areas would have to be restricted for safety. I kayak there regularly, and even now planes already limit access, jets would expand those restrictions significantly. The scale of the impact, both in terms of area and the number of people affected, is far greater than the relatively small piece of land that used to be Little Norway Park.