AIRPORT UPDATE

Notice how they manage to edit out the Homes at the Northern End of the N/S Runway?	So What's NEW? The NAME of the East-West RWY Now it's 13/31 instead of 14/42 AIRWIZ has a Better one It's called 11/29 <--- Click picture for a lower view

The 2006 MASTER PLAN
In a NUT SHELL the Council can choose one of 4 Options - WHAT ARE THEY?

JUNE 2006 - The Maroochy Council is again compiling yet another MASTER PLAN for The AIRPORT
And although they would have liked to keep it nice and Quiet, a small article in the Coolum Advertiser alerted us to the fact that they were well into the supposedly Public Consultation Programme on this matter.
(I guess it would be good to have Public Consultation without all those annoying General Public People asking embarrassing Questions again like in 1998 - but Hey! Someone's spilled the Beans again)
Even though all the Councilors and Bureaucrats and Consultants are DIFFERENT from the last time they are still heading in the SAME direction and look like making the Exact Same Mistakes as before.
The 1999 Version acknowledged that the North/South Runway was LANDLOCKED and could NOT be either Extended or Widened, but the NEW Experts have again moved the Goal Posts to allow for yet another Upgrade of Runway 18/36 with it's reciprocal Downgrade of Marcoola Residents Lifestyle .
Now they are proposing a 200m Extension to the North end which they say will only be used to allow longer Takeoffs to the SOUTH. But we know this will soon change once it is built.
And in 5 years time when they have all moved on in their game of Musical Chairs, nobody will remember this unprofitable commitment to Not Use this extra 200m to land Bigger and Heavier Aircraft. Too bad about the long suffering Marcoola Residents who will still be here and living in this Hell Hole of an Airport Ghetto of Their making.

WHY DO THEY WANT TO UPGRADE THE AIRPORT IN THE FIRST PLACE?
People come to the Sunshine Coast BECAUSE it is (or Was) a quiet Beach Side Family Environment.
Why are these people trying to upgrade (or DOWN-Grade) it into another Gold Coast?
Have you walked down Cavil Avenue lately? - Or the Brisbane Mall for that matter? - Or the Valley?
Australians are in the MINORITY in these places. English isn't even spoken there anymore.
So why not just KEEP the Airport a small Boutique Airport. Why try to bring in all these International Tourists?
Why can't they be satisfied with the situation as it is. Why SPOIL it so it's the SAME as these Other Places which Australian People DON'T even want to visit anymore?
Who's RUNNING our Council anyway? DEVELOPERS?
In 20 years time when all these Greedy People are gone or DEAD, our kids will be left with their legacy.
Another GOLD COAST with all it's Racial Tensions and Problems where it's unsafe to go out at night or even the Daytime in some places.
The SOLUTION therefore is - LEAVE THE AIRPORT AS IT IS.

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UPDATE - APRIL 2008

	The NEW Sunshine Coast Regional Council. The forced amalgamation of Maroochy, Noosa and Caloundra into one Super Council should have resulted in providing enough funds to finally begin construction of an E/W Runway But - Guess What? They still can't afford it!!!!
So - When WILL they be able to afford it?	- Just DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH!

UPDATE - DECEMBER 2007

	Merry Xmas from Singapore. Singapore Airlines starts it's cut ~~throat~~ er...price air services into the Sunshine Coast just in time for Xmas. At least it's not the Direct Flights from Singapore that it had planned. For the time being, they'll have to bring their tourists down from Cairns.
	This Month Jet Flights have hit a new Record High. We are now up to 76 Ear-splitting Take-offs a week, and when Tiger gets into gear with flights from Cairns it will soon be well over 100

UPDATE - SEPT. 2007 - The Master Plan is ACCEPTED

CLICK for the NEWS CLIP

Maroochy Council have voted on the 2007 Master Plan

The GOOD NEWS is - They are NOT planning to Extend the Existing N/S Runway 18/36
The BAD NEWS is - It won't be built for another 15 Years and;
It's the 13/31 Version which means Aircraft will still fly over Houses instead
of the 11/29 Version which was OUR Preference which DIDN'T overfly ANY Houses
But Hey! - 15 Years is a L O N G Time - That's another 2 Master Plans away (1 every 7 years)
We will have had 4 changes in Administration by then. Different Politicians will be in power.
The present Bureaucrats will all be retired and replaced by the present Junior Staff or new recruits who won't remember this decision - or - won't feel obliged to be bound by it.
AND
The COST will have EXPLODED by a factor of X10 or X20 times the Present - Hell! - Council can't afford the Present Cost even NOW (Take a look at Past History)
The ONLY way we will ever get an East/West Runway will be if the Other Sunshine Coast Councils help PAY the COST! - And they have already REFUSED to do this;
SO - The ONLY way it will EVER Happen is;
The State Government SUCCEEDS in forcing the different Councils to AMALGAMATE and, they COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION IMMEDIATELY!

And why have they adopted the 13/31 location instead of our 11/29?

The reason given is that the 11/29 location infringes upon a newly created NATIONAL PARK.
CLICK HERE for the FULL DETAILS of this Bad Choice

MARCH.4/07-Update Marcoola is TOP of the LIST - The Biggest LOSER

	Marcoola Tops the STATE Our VALUES have PLUMMETED Could it have anything to do with The AIRPORT? CLICK on a Clipping for a BETTER VIEW

DEC.6/06-Update NEWS FLASH - Well... Not Exactly a FLASH, More like a Flicker
Council today decided NOT to proceed with the Extension of the Existing Runway 18/36

	CLICK on a Clipping to Read the Full Story
The ADVERTISER ran THIS Article on Page 5		Coolum News had THIS Announcement on Page 4

Not exactly HEADLINES eh? This IMPORTANT News was largely IGNORED by our Un-sympathetic, Pro-Development Media.
And the Regional Newspaper "The DAILY" didn't even give it a mention at all. Which is par for their course - They have carefully avoided ANY Anti-Airport News for the whole campaign and have only ever printed enflamitory remarks and letters to the editor which were hurtful or harmful to our plight.
Personally, I will Believe it when I SEE it! We have been down THIS Road before (Like 7 years ago) and there is a Council Election coming up soon. I don't think the Puppeteers have given up just yet. We may have won this skirmish, but until the East/West Runway is actually BUILT the Powerful People in charge will continue working behind the scenes to achieve their goals.

OCT.06-Update - CLICK Here For A SOLUTION by AIRWIZ that would WORK

The Public Consultation Period Ended on 14/8/06
At the LAST Meeting on 9/8/06, Mayor Joe Natoli told guests that it was his responsibility to ensure that The Airport was developed to it's limit as a viable business unit of the Council. That's why He was Elected.
But THAT's NOT SO! - They DON'T have a MANDATE, or an OBLIGATION to persist with ANY Airport upgrades whatsoever.

However they DO have a RESPONSIBILITY to the Residents of the Sunshine Coast NOT to endanger their Lives or Lifestyles merely to appease the wishes and increase the profits for of the very FEW who would reap the benefits from this morally corrupt and despicable venture. Like it or not, the people who chose to live in the vicinity of the airport are still counted as Sunshine Coast Residents (not merely Pawns in some hideous Monopoly Game) and it matters not that a Councilor was elected by his little band of supporters in Mudjimba or Buderim or anywhere else, he still has a RESPONSIBILITY to ensure that their RIGHTS are DEFENDED.

Yes - Perhaps we should have known when we built here 30 years ago, that the Landing Field would develop into an Airport, and perhaps the then Mayor Eddie Devere should have told us THAT when we asked?
And perhaps Don Culley should have known that his little Air Field would be developed into an International Airport.
And perhaps some time in the future, know-alls will say that Joe Natoli should have known that his International Airport would become the Target for International TERRORISTS? - It would be great if we could all predict the Future like some wise people who live in Buderim and write scornful letters to the News Papers. But we weren't blessed with your wisdom or forethought, so cut us some slack mate. Hey! - We could use a bit of the good ol' Aussie Support, instead of your bloody Wise Cracks!

So what happened at The Meeting on 6/7/06 CLICK Photo to find out

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	JetStar landing over North Marcoola And this is the present OLS of 12m How much lower if they EXTEND RWY 18/36 200m North?
	JetStar Landing over Rooftop halfway down Petrie Avenue Will we have to take down our T.V. Antenna?
	Virgin landing on Marcoola Esplanade Well ALMOST! and if the Runway is 200m closer....... It probably WILL
	JetStar Taking Off over Petrie Avenue, Marcoola. With an extra 200m, how much LOWER will the Heavier Jets come?

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In a NUT SHELL the Council can choose one of 4 Options - WHAT ARE THEY?