Fort Worth naval base committee discusses 2027 legislative priorities

Ensuring wind turbines, communications towers, lighting and foreign-government investment developments do not affect military flight operations is a priority of the Regional Coordination Committee ahead of the state legislative session in 2027. The committee, tasked with preserving the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth as a military asset while improving surrounding communities, approved several legislative priorities in their October meeting ahead of early filing beginning next week. Rebekah Gongora, a project manager for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, presented the priorities. The Fort Worth Report Documenters program empowers people like you to help fill the gaps in reporting on Tarrant County public meetings. Find out how you can join here. Wind energy development was a primary focal point, given that two 2025 bills the committee supported did not pass. The two bills would have required Federal Aviation Administration and Department of