Does Sydney need a second airport?

15 Feb 2012
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The federal government says Sydney needs a second airport, but the NSW government insists there should be no new airport in the Sydney Basin.

Both are opposed to calls to increase traffic at the existing airport, while the NSW Premier says a new fast rail link between Sydney and Canberra Airport should take travellers to a larger airport there.

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Yes, 2nd airport for Sydney

Ava - from Monterey, 1 month

If Sydney needs the 2nd airport, there must be a way to build it in Sydney. Directing the flights to Canberra and making travelers to spend more time and money in the new fast rail link is ridiculous.

" YES "

silverfish - from south, 2 months ago

At recent reports, Sydney is maybe in need of a large test-area, for hoons, a drive-by-shooting test-range, so we can send all those idiots there for ease control. Or ? Not much going on at the moment ?

a second airport

James Collie - from Wollongong, 3 months ago

To whom it may concern in regard to a second airport and employment of a futuristic approach the oil refinery at Kurnell could be reallocated to vacant lands within the steel works in both Wollongong and Newcastle Kurnell should be the second choice for a runway the arrival and departure could be over the Ocean a better choice for a Airport passengers could be transported by sea to the quay Sydney harbour less noise pollution

Instead off talking for years, just get on with it .

Trent. - from PhilippinesJ, 3 months ago

Personally I think Richmond air base should be expanded into a second international airport for Sydney. It already has a passenger rail link which could easily be upgraded and the terrain towards the west is reasonably level.The current Mascot airport is an expensive privately owned rip off joke.Trent

2nd Airport

silvertongue - from oz, 3 months ago

Yes but whenever you build an airport, people will always move in take over the surrounding land and then complain about the noise. I remember Stansted when it was fields, but look at it now! Moorabbin, Jandakot, Parafield, not long ago these were on the outskirts of Oz cities. Of course, Gov eventually sell them and the airport operators push the prices up so far it is hard for companies to make a buck and so have to move. But dont worry, they put in shops and hotels as we like to spend!

Mr.

Rae Desmond Jones - from Summer Hill NSW 2130, 3 months ago

This issue has been discussed since the late 1940s, long before the 1980s. The problem is not only the pollution, not only the noise, not only the gutlessness of successive Governments: the present inadequate airport serves the major players & owners, because they control the lucrative Eastern Seaboard traffic. Resident groups will be manipulated until there will be a) an accident, which is overdue; or b) a government is elected to do something. The latter is unlikely.

Trainssss.

Pebla - from sydney, 3 months ago

We have enough International airports on the eastern sea board. Link them all with high speed rail now before it gets even more expensive.

Yes for modelplanes

airshower - from Southpole, 3 months ago

Another one bites the dust .

hurry up

geo - from gold coast, 3 months ago

If we are running out of fuel in the world a quickly as the pundits say, and the NSW govt. pontifcate much longer, then it wont be necessary to even worry about the second airport.

BCom MCom CA DipMin

Peter Grullemans - from Greystanes Sydney, 3 months ago

Our suggestion is to build runways over the sea in Botany Bay so that noise will not affect residential areas. This is a longer term solution and will of course cost more in the short term. Badgery's Creek was proposed as a site for a second Sydney airport in the west in the ninetees. My wife and I were founding members of Holroyd Action Against Aircraft Noise (HAAAN). We met politicians in the 3 levels and residents from other parts of Sydney. Government corruption was exposed.

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