Just what I have heard around the traps...
Original recommendation was to install it to service approaches onto rwy 14. This means equipment to be installed at southern end of airfield. When the bypass was built they relocated a rare frog/bird habitat to the area that is now needed for ils installation. Gold Coast airport wanted to install it at other end (ie to service rwy 32 approaches).
There was a stalemate, then winter and fair weather came. It was all forgotten about.
Now bad weather has come and an election has been announced, and everybody remembers an ils was promised.
There is a meeting on Friday to decide which end will get it, and ad I heard last week it could be both ends.
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