The approval of the ILS has also secured an increase in the operational length of runway 14 unlawfully.
MDP Table 2.1: ILS components – A localiser antenna located 300m from runway 14 end (pg.15), currently 2,342m (Master Plan 2011, pg.85).
However, the antenna is located 300m from just inside the airport southern boundary giving runway 14 a length of 2500m (a longer take off length to the south).
Under the Airports Act a MDP is required for altering a runway (s.89 (ba). The approved ILS MDP made no reference to increasing the runway 14 length.
This will also require the construction of the Runway End Safety Area (RESA) on the NSW Crown Reserve not referenced in the ILS MDP.
Along with this GCA are proposing to relocate the runway 32 landing threshold approx. 310m to the south.
This enables larger long-haul aircraft to utilise the runway, thus putting aircraft lower over the Tweed and increasing noise and emission impacts and impacting on property values.
The Tugun Cobaki Alliance is still in proceedings in the Commonwealth Law Court seeking a Review of the Decision and have made application for a Stay Order which has not yet been decided.
Any runway extension requires the position of TSC as a key planning authority so I urge those who want to Save our Tweed – No Runway Extension to support candidates at the council election who will represent our community and not just the interests of a private Qld company who owns and operates GCA and its shareholders.
To add to links below Foreign Correspondent 3/5/16 revealed troubling evidence about the safety of budget Asian carriers.
Lindy Smith
