The Evesham, New Jersey Township Planning Board has approved a proposal to build a heliport despite objections from a nearby hospital and residents.
Permission for the landing area was requested by the insurance firm Conner, Strong & Buckelew, whose chairman is southern New Jersey Democratic powerbroker George Norcross.
The insurance firm says it needs to get staff out quickly to investigate accidents and large claims around the Mid-Atlantic region. The firm also says helicopters would land there about a dozen times a week.
More than 75 people attended a planning board meeting Wednesday, most to oppose the plan.
The heliport still needs approval from the state Transportation Department and Federal Aviation Administration before it can be built.
Topics New Jersey
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