A second airport for NSW not SYDNEY !!!
Have to agree with newsensation...... that NSW needs a second airport and it should be WILLIAMTOWN.
Why, because from the Hawkesbury to the mid North coast (to Coffs'), west to the Central West (Dubbo, Tamworth, Armidale), live approx' 1.4m people, together with increasing commercial activity (light industrial, mining,vinyards, horse studs etc.) and an expanding tourist industry. The Hunter / Port Stephens areas are becoming a tourist destination in their own right !
So what of Will'y? First off (and this will upset some),
remove the RAAF.
I would suggest to someplace like Narrabri ??? - plenty of airspace up there, which would free up a considerable ammount of airspace nth of Syd.
And what is the present day purpose of having fighter sqn's at Willy?
It was no doubt established to protect the Newcastle industrial infrastructure - no steel works or ship building there now and I don't think the Kiwis are going to sneak up on us and mount a significant attack !!
So with airborne refuelling and Early Warning Technology there is no good reason to have an RAAF presence at Willy.... of course Narrabri may not be such a pleasant place for the fighter boys to live as Nelson Bay .
Willy has plenty of open space to develop the airport with cross runways and with flight paths over sparsely populated areas or over water
, Willy could operate without a curfew !!!
It is close to good tranport infrastructure; Pacitic hwy / New England hwy / Golden hwy and fast rail could easily be established to Sydney.
Willy would be ideal for International Airline to operate into, free of the (stupid) curfew restrictions of Syd. and would be perfect as an International airfreight hub.
Sydney does not need a second airport - it needs forward thinking and decisive Federal and Sate politicians..........
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