Abbott approves an airport at Badgerys Creek

[nero_bolt]

Long over due, its only taken 50 years and finally we have a PM with the foresight to give the go ahead and build this and build the infrastructure for the West

Well done Tony. 

No more pie in the sky as Prime Minister Tony Abbott approves an airport at Badgerys Creek 

IT was first proposed in the ’60s, promised in the ’80s and then killed off in 1996.

But today a second international airport for Sydney will finally be realised after almost 50 years of political inertia.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal a final submission to give the go-ahead for an airport at Badgerys Creek will go to a Cabinet meeting in Canberra today — with the Prime Minister’s endorsement.

It will also have the strong backing and recommendation of Treasurer Joe Hockey and Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss, who will present the submission.

It is believed approval will be given for an initial single runway configuration with a slow build-up of flights.

Capacity would be built into the precinct to eventually expand to a parallel runway operation, if and when needed.

The first flights in and out of the airport are not expected until the mid-2020s with a 10-year horizon on its construction and a long planning and consultation period before a final configuration is decided upon.

But the airport will be only one element of an unprecedented infrastructure package for Western Sydney involving federal government, state government and private sector funding expected to be announced later this week, and rolled out concurrently.

New modelling by the Department of Transport and Infrastructure, which is believed to form part of the submission and revealed to The Daily Telegraph, estimates 4000 jobs will be created in Western Sydney during the initial construction phase of the airport.

By 2035 the employment boom generated by the airport will add 35,000 more jobs through the airport’s operations and associated businesses and industry.

This new employment in Western Sydney figure is forecast to rise to 60,000 jobs over time, the new updated modelling has estimated.

The projections outline an airport that by 2060 could be servicing between 70 and 100 flights a day and more than 600,000 inbound and outbound passengers a year.

Full story here http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/no-more-pie-in-the-sky-as-prime-minister-tony-abbott...

[colic2bullsgirlore]

A rework on the rework for you Nero...I forgot how pertinent this song is not only to Badgery Creek but to the pension

age rise

In the year 2025

In the year 2025
Abbot says Badgery creek will be alive
If woman can survive
They may find that

In the year 3535

Abbott didnt tell the truth, It was all lies
Everything the coalition think, do, and say
Is in the bitter pill they're handing out today

In the year 4545

you won't have your teeth, nor your eyes
but you'll still be working cos the pension age is skyhigh
but at Mascot you will still be in the queue

In the year 5555

Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs got nothing to do
and the pension age has reached 6,700 and 52

In the year 6565

Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
But Gin "ore" will still be ruling your life
and now you can only parachute
to the Sydney CBD Whooo bloody hoo

In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around for Tony and say
"poor impersonation Tonzer, now it's your Judgement day"

In the year 8510
God is gonna shake his mighty head then
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
but more likely, "fill that big hole in Gina it's disgustingly obscene"

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if this man is still gunna be alive
Who raped  this old earth... his name is Clive
And he ain't put back nothing

Now it's been 10,000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
and all I really need to say
is Badgery Creek opened yesterday

In the year 2025
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They will know Abbott lied

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do or say
Is in the bitter pill you swallowed during the coalitions stay ....(fading...)

[debra9275]

where's the money coming from?? I thought we were broke??

[lurker17260]

You know there is already a perfectly good, ready to go, international airport able to easily service western Sydney and southern NSW?
It's in Canberra.

[spotweldersfriend]

So what's going to happen to all the badgers that live near the creek?

[spotweldersfriend]

Macquarie and Leighton Holdings must've donated to the coffers recently.

[silverfaun]

Every day there's good news coming from the government. yeaaaa!!!!!!

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:

where's the money coming from?? I thought we were broke??

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From the foreign investors who are going to bring in their own construction companies , workforce, and use imported material which was mined here, exported overseas for refinement and now re-enters the country as foreign-owned construction material.

When the airport is finished the government of the day will receive licensing fees from the foreign companies administering the airport.

[debra9275]

well, let's hope some there's some jobs in it for Australians

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:

well, let's hope some there's some jobs in it for Australians

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Probably a few. Not as many as if it were an Australian government-funded enterprise.