As opponents of the Hanscom Field expansion proposal await a revised proposal from developers, the Stop Private Jet Expansion advocacy group has two events scheduled to keep the issue in the spotlight.
Developers are seeking to add about 408,000 square feet of new hangar space and reconfigure a taxiway to accommodate more private jets at Hanscom Field. The state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs rejected the developers’ Draft Environmental Impact Report in June 2024 and told them to produce a re-do in the form of an Supplemental DEIR.
At a public meeting last month, the developers said they now expect to file their SDEIR in March or April, according to the SPJE. “When they do, we’ll flood them with another tidal wave of public comments with the goal of producing another rejection,” the organization said in a recent e-newsletter to donors.
In the meantime, the developers got an OK in September 2025 to renovate the old Navy hangar with the intention of leasing it (a small subset of the total proposed project).
Conversation with Chuck Collins
Sunday, Feb. 22 at 2:00pm, Concord Public Library (129 Main St., Concord) and Zoom
Collins is the author of Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet. Register here.
Tree Webinar
Wednesday, March 4 at 7:00pm (Zoom)
Dr. William Moomaw on the irreplaceable value of mature trees for curbing climate change and implications for the proposed private jet expansion at Hanscom Field. Register here.
SPJE is a coalition of state and local organizations that includes the Lincoln-based St. Anne’s Lincoln Climate Justice Ministry, the Lincoln Democratic Town Committee, and Save Our Heritage, which advocates for historical, cultural, and environmental resources in Concord, Bedford, Lincoln, and Lexington.
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