CLEVELAND — The Ohio Department of Transportation says the proposed Browns stadium in Brook Park is too tall – and will pose a risk to planes going in and out of nearby Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

ODOT’s aviation office delivered that message Aug. 1, in a letter to a consultant working with Browns owner Haslam Sports Group on plans for the 176-acre Brook Park stadium district. The agency says it denied a construction permit for the project, calling it “an obstruction to air navigation.”

That finding conflicts with the stance of the Federal Aviation Administration, which issued a letter in May saying the stadium won’t be a hazard – but must have red lights on the roof so passing pilots can see it. The FAA’s obstruction evaluation group also signed off on temporary constructio

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