A Pennsylvania appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that blocks construction of a long-planned international cargo airport near the Pocono Mountains.
The Commonwealth Court's decision Thursday echoed a Schuylkill County judge's ruling that the county zoning hearing board was wrong to approve the project.
They said the 4,300-acre property's owners didn't clearly demonstrate the airport would have enough parking or ample roadway access and didn't have a required state aviation license.
The case wound up in court after East Union Township and a cable company appealed the zoning hearing board's decision. The cable company argued the airport would interfere with nearby transmission equipment.
Thursday's ruling is the latest setback for a project that's been debated for a decade.
Property owners Gladstone Partners can appeal to the state Supreme Court.
