Plans on building the controversial ECO-barrier alongside the Polderbaan at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol have been cancelled. The new barrier was intended to reduce aircraft noise levels. The barrier was a new design, totaly new, never tested and therefor the question remained if it would work. The project would have costed over 25 Million Euros. New research on the new eco-barrier revealed it would not be safe enough and that was the reason Schiphol Airport decided to kill the project. Environmentalists and neighbouring residents were ofcourse not very happy with this decision, but aviation enthousiasts and aircraft photographers were glad the barrier plans were cancelled as it would make spotting and photography almost impossible. Also eco-critics were happy to see the plans have been scrapped as they doubted the noise-reduction effects from the start. Schiphol Airport is now investigating new solutions....