 Notice how they manage to edit out the Homes at the Northern End of the N/S Runway? |
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What's NEW? The NAME of the East-West RWY Now it's 13/31 instead of 14/42 AIRWIZ has a Better one It's called 11/29 <--- Click picture for a lower view |
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Maroochy Council have voted on the 2007 Master Plan
The GOOD NEWS is - They are NOT planning to Extend the Existing N/S Runway 18/36 The BAD NEWS is - It won't be built for another 15 Years and; It's the 13/31 Version which means Aircraft will still fly over Houses instead of the 11/29 Version which was OUR Preference which DIDN'T overfly ANY Houses But Hey! - 15 Years is a L O N G Time - That's another 2 Master Plans away (1 every 7 years) We will have had 4 changes in Administration by then. Different Politicians will be in power. The present Bureaucrats will all be retired and replaced by the present Junior Staff or new recruits who won't remember this decision - or - won't feel obliged to be bound by it. AND The COST will have EXPLODED by a factor of X10 or X20 times the Present - Hell! - Council can't afford the Present Cost even NOW (Take a look at Past History) The ONLY way we will ever get an East/West Runway will be if the Other Sunshine Coast Councils help PAY the COST! - And they have already REFUSED to do this; SO - The ONLY way it will EVER Happen is; The State Government SUCCEEDS in forcing the different Councils to AMALGAMATE and, they COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION IMMEDIATELY! |
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The reason given is that the 11/29 location infringes upon a newly created NATIONAL PARK. This is the SAME area that caught fire back in December 1991. It was and still is - nothing but a Peat Swamp. That's why it caught fire in the first place. And it burned and smouldered underground for weeks afterwards.  But some know-it-all bureaucrat in his high-rise office in Brisbane has decided it IS. And so the E/W Runway must be located to overfly existing residental areas rather than disturb said wallabies (if they even exist). |
