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Sunshine Coast Airport
FINAL SOLUTION
RWY.11/29
 It's So EASY
The NEW East-West RWY
Now it's 11/29
instead of 13/31 or 14/42
 

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The PROBLEM - s

1982
In 1982 -Council commissioned the first ever Master Plan to investigate the introduction of the F28 Jet services to the Airport  - It gave the Council 2 options;
Council SAVED 1/2M$ and chose Option 1 and have been choosing the Cheap Option ever since.
Now, 23 years later, it's going to cost more than 200 times that amount to FIX this problem.
Numerous Master Plans were commissioned (at great Ratepayers expense) to find a Solution but Every Master Plan including 2006 still recommended the East-West Runway for the Long Term, and Council is STILL thinking of saving money in the SHORT TERM.
But the SHORT Term solution introduces Extra Problems regarding SAFETY and NOISE Pollution for North Marcoola and it still wouldn't SOLVE the Real Problem because the Runway (at 35m) would STILL be too Narrow.

ALSO;
By constructing the E/W Runways recommended in the Previous Master Plans (13/31 or 14/42 ) the NOISE Problem is simply transferred from North Marcoola to South Marcoola- which is UNACCEPTABLE.

ALSO;
By MOVING the Airport to Caloundra or Somewhere Else would also transfer the Noise to Somebody Else -
Which is Also UNACCEPTABLE.
Besides the COST would be ASTRONOMICAL. And all the Existing Established Aeronautical Industries would NOT want to move.
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The SOLUTION

AIRWIZ has come up with the IDEAL SOLUTION
By RELOCATING the East-West Runway slightly to the North and changing the Orientation to run 110-290 DEGREES  (i.e. RWY.11/29) we can build a 45m wide x 2450m long Runway which doesn't pass over ANY Residential Areas and is even Better Situated to suit the Prevailing Winds.
Nothing but Swamp Land and Cane Farms to the West - And since the Sugar Industry has been DEVASTATED by the decision of the Foreign Owners to CLOSE the Morton Mill and the Ex-Cane Farmers to the West would be only too willing to sell out to the Maroochy Council.
And there's NOBODY living on the Eastern End and the approach is wholly over the Sea.
This is as close to the Ideal Situation as you can get.

It's STILL more expensive than the Short-Term Solution preferred by Council but we can't do anything about that now -
They should have thought about THAT back in 1982.
Let's hope they won't be saying THIS about 2006 in a few years time.      The ONLY obstacle might be that someone discovers some rare endangered Bog-Frog habitat in the Peat Swamp, like they did on RWY.14/42 with the Swamp Casurena.

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The TIME TABLE 
Time is OF THE ESSENCE
Council needs to ACT NOW and not wait till some Developer decides to build a Casino on the last remaining Beach Front Allotments on the entire Sunshine Coast.
They missed the window of opportunity 23 years ago.   Will they do it AGAIN?
It's now October of 2006 and these blocks have already been earmarked for Resort or Casino Development. - If Council procrastinates for too long ANY chance for a E/W Solution will be lost.

NOVEMBER 2006 UPDATE
The Casino Deal has fallen through and the Site is again "Up For Grabs" - Will Council let this LAST Chance to acquire the land for the Runway End Safety Zone of RWY.11/29 slip through their fingers. - If so we can kiss goodbye to any chance of a Safe East-West Runway for the Sunshine Coast Airport  either now or ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE.


The New FOR SALE Sign
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This is the Vacant Block on the Flight Path
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 Will Council MISS the Boat - AGAIN?



Will they wait till THIS
And they will have LOST the LAST
 turns into THIS?
HOPE for a SAFE E/W Runway FOREVER?

TIME is RUNNING OUT!
The cost is INCREASING exponentially;
In 1982 the WHOLE Project would have cost $10.3Million.
In 2004 the cost of THIS Parcel of Land alone was $2Million.
NOW in 2006 the cost of THIS Land has blown out to $15Million
(In 1982 they could have built TWO Airports for the cost of this single vacant block)
So - What will it cost in 12 months time?
What will be the Price when Council eventually decides to ACT?
Will they EVER Act, or will they stick to the easy option and Upgrade The EXISTING Runway again?
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CONTACT US

By email: -marcoola@lycos.com

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