Thursday 17 September 2009

Bankstown. Airport draft plans released

The preliminary draft master plan for Bankstown Airport has been released for public comment. The draft preserves the three-runway complex, along with supporting taxiways, engine run up bays and manoeuvring areas. A total of 150.2 hectares of dedicated aviation land is preserved, with mixed-use zones of another 21.9 hectares to allow additional growth and to protect existing long-term aviation leases This preserves operating and manoeuvring areas as well as providing opportunities for the forecast aviation traffic growth to 457,000 movements. The draft removes the ring road and creates a mixed-use zone in the north-east precinct providing contiguous additional aviation land of 12.6 hectares. Land allocated in the draft plan has the capacity to cater for all existing and forecast aviation activity

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