Where'd that picture come from UNDERFIRE? It seems to ignore T4 and associated carparks and other infrastructure that would sit right off the end of 09R and infringe on arrivals to 27L?
Image was from some public meeting documents when all sorts of things were being discussed., a 4th rwy being a 16L..still, looks like the new tower would be in the way. Not sure how many airports have towers between the runways, but there must be a few.
Current maps from the MEL website show about the same rwy, but without all of the taxiways. Interesting that if the prevailing end is 27L, you are still crossing 16/34 twice to terminal. The direct route is 09R, which as with current ops, seems unlikely to be used for ARR. With all of the new construction, obstacles will be interesting.
In looking at this a little more closely, RW09L is far from a II runway to 09R. It doesnt look like the merge point between centerlines is met.
Here is the proposed overlayed on the existing MEL site...
