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Sunshine Coast Council notes the irresponsible resolution of Noosa Shire Council made late on Thursday night (April 18) prior to the Easter break. Council also notes that Noosa Shire Councillors made this decision after receiving a report from their own officers acknowledging there would be minimal impact on Noosa Shire from the proposed airspace and flight paths design for the new runway at the Sunshine Coast Airport.
Sunshine Coast Council notes the irresponsible resolution of Noosa Shire Council made late on Thursday night (April 18) prior to the Easter break.
Council also notes that Noosa Shire Councillors made this decision after receiving a report from their own officers acknowledging there would be minimal impact on Noosa Shire from the proposed airspace and flight paths design for the new runway at the Sunshine Coast Airport.
This decision was also made after Mayor Jamieson had briefed Mayor Wellington some weeks ago and Noosa Councillors were briefed on two occasions recently by the Airport expansion Project Manager on the minimal implications for Noosa Shire and the extensive additional cost to the project if the current consultation period is extended.
Sunshine Coast Council is confident the environmental impacts associated with the project have been rigorously assessed through the development of the EIS for this project and that the community was consulted extensively over a three year period from 2012 until late 2015. The EIS was subsequently endorsed by the relevant state and federal government departments and the project is now well underway and is being delivered in accordance with the approvals obtained through due process.
Sunshine Coast Council will not be dictated to by Noosa Shire Council or support its proposals. It is also important to note that neither Sunshine Coast Council nor Noosa Shire Council have any jurisdiction on the regulation of flight paths or airspace design.
The Noosa Shire derives significant economic benefit from the Sunshine Coast Airport - given the Noosa economy’s substantial reliance on tourism. Yet its Council has never seen fit to offer any support for the Airport expansion project. The reality is that Noosa Shire Council is happy to sit back and attempt to frustrate or oppose the project - but does so in the full knowledge that the project will proceed and as a result, Noosa Shire will derive an increased economic benefit as the flight routes accessing the Airport expand.
Sunshine Coast Council will not support any of the requests from Noosa Shire Council for the following reasons:
Sunshine Coast Council also questions the integrity of the Noosa Shire Council in seeking to encourage Federal Members of Parliament to seek to influence what is a statutory process conducted by an independent authority.