CARLSBAD — A citizen watchdog group has filed a third lawsuit against San Diego County over the expansion of commercial air service at McClellan-Palomar Airport, while Carlsbad officials pledged to continue pressing county and federal leaders to address residents’ concerns about aircraft noise and other impacts.
The latest lawsuit, filed this month by Carlsbad-based Citizens for a Friendly Airport, challenges the San Diego County Board of Supervisors’ May approval of an agreement allowing American Airlines to add two additional round-trip flights between Carlsbad and Phoenix. The group alleges the county violated the California Environmental Quality Act by approving the expanded service without adequately evaluating its environmental impacts.
The lawsuit follows two earlier legal challenges filed by the group over commercial expansion at the airport…