anthony albanese – realestatesource https://www.realestatesource.com.au Commercial and residential property news Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:58:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.realestatesource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/rsfav-100x100.png anthony albanese – realestatesource https://www.realestatesource.com.au 32 32 Second Sydney Airport Mooted For Former Richmond RAAF Site https://www.realestatesource.com.au/second-sydney-airport-mooted-for-former-richmond-raaf-site/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:58:30 +0000 http://realestatesource.com.au/wordpress/second-sydney-airport-mooted-for-former-richmond-raaf-site.html THE Federal Government has identified a former RAAF base as a possible site for a second Sydney airport.

Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said projected growth in traffic to 427,000 annual aircraft movements by 2029, makes the case for another Sydney airport one of "national interest".

The state government is teaming with Mr Albanese, to conduct a joint study identifying possible airport sites. It's believed the Bankstown Airport, which recently came onto the market for sale; and a site at Badgerys Creek, have been disqualified as possibilities.

]]> Richmond is an outer north-western suburb of Sydney, and is closer to the major commercial hubs Penrith and Parramatta, than it is to Sydney.

The Board of Airline Representatives told the Sydney Morning Herald: “The airport must be located as near as possible to [the Sydney] market to, firstly, meet passenger demands and, secondly, to minimise the cost of the required transport.

An airport at Richmond, would be about 62 kilometres, or up to an hour away from central Sydney, possibly more in traffic.

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