CLEVELAND — A new alliance is protesting Cleveland’s push to close Burke Lakefront Airport – and asking Congress to reject the city’s request to legislate a shutdown.

The Lakefront Airport Preservation Partnership is urging federal officials to keep the airport open. In a recent letter to members of Congress and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the group described Burke as “critical national infrastructure” that’s at risk of being “sacrificed for fleeting political gains.”

The turbulence comes as Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and civic leaders are pushing for a shutdown, following years of debate over whether a city-owned airport is the best use for a huge stretch of lakefront land. In October, Bibb and Ronayne launched a formal effort to close

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