Albanese kick-starts airport at Wilton
THE federal government's chief transport bureaucrat has written to Sydney Airport Corporation requesting talks on a second airport in Sydney, the first legal step in planning for a second site, probably at Wilton, south-west of Campbelltown.
Under the terms of the airport's 2002 privatisation, Sydney Airport has the ''first right of refusal'' in any process to find a company to develop and operate another airport in the Sydney basin.
In a clear sign the Gillard government is serious about pressing ahead with a second airport despite opposition from Sydney Airport and the NSW government, the head of the federal Transport Department, Mike Mrdak, wrote to Sydney Airport Corporation's chairman, Max Moore-Wilton, on March 2 requesting talks about the formal consultation process required under the 2002 Sydney Airport Corporation share sale agreement
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Albanese kick-starts airport at Wilton
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