Originally Posted by
tossbag
I'm pretty sure that in a previous post I said the aerodrome has the local councils support and they were angling for grants to upgrade the north south runway. Looking to upgrade it for jet ops, in particular the firefighting jets. There's is plenty of room for the land to be resumed and returned to a runway.
That would be some upgrade. The current north-south runway is 1200 metres long and bound by McCartney's Road to the north and Airport Road to the south. Less than 10 years ago the council and state government shelled out for Stage 1 of the airport redevelopment which saw them cut the southern end off 18/36 to accommodate the relocation of Airport Road and they put in the Mitchell Park roundabout to service that and the new Ballarat West Town Common industrial park. You're saying that they're now looking for money to reverse all of that plus upgrade the re-extended runway?