Re: Badgerys creek rumblings.

["Andrew Honan" <ahonan@zipworld.com.au>]

The proponents for Badgery's Creek stated that they needed it sited there
rather than at Goulburn because no one will be prepared to spend the time to
travel to Goulburn, even with high speed.

Elements of the Goulburn communtiy were wanting the second intenatinal
airport there.

I was under the impression that badgery's creek was required because
projected air traffic in general (ie air traffic to Melbourne and regional
areas such as Canberra, Albury were only one element in this increase.
International air traffic was the major increase??)

I would see that the High Speed rail to Melb would take most Syd-Melb
traffic (depending on price) but people would not travel to Melb to catch
international flights. (They would not even travel to Goulburn).

For politicians to now state that the High Speed Rail is a viable
alternative to Badgery's Creek smacks of hypocrisy. Basically they do not
want Badgery's Creek so thay now say that rail is better. They are just
playing politics rarther than policy.

Regards

Andrew Honan
David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> David Bennetts wrote:
> >
> > Always thought that Badgery's Creek was a rather daft choice of location
for
> > a second airport, I've always favoured Wilton as a site which wouldn't
> > affect so many people for airport noise
>
> And the people of Wilton (and Picton) actually want an airport there!
>
> > It's only about 15 minutes down the
> > freeway from Campbelltown, and it would be an easy job to put in a rail
> > connection from the main south.
>
> I think that's why CityRail proposed quadruple track on the East Hills
> line. It would allow a fast link between KSA and the second airport,
> whether it was at Badgerey's Creek or Wilton. A limited express should
> be able to link the two airports in just over 30 minutes.
>
> Cheers
> David