Guardians of the Bays / November 2015
Guardians of the Bays is a broad-based residents’ group opposed to the proposal to extend the runway at Wellington International Airport (WIAL). We do not believe that the extension will achieve the level of benefits needed to warrant the extensive investment required. We do believe that the social, cultural and environmental costs the extension would impose on Wellington residents and the South Coast and its users are too high.
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NEWS: Longer Runway not Plane Sailing
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- By Bernard Hickey As a Wellingtonian, I would love a runway that permits direct flights to Asia and the US.
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NEWS: Extending the runway: one truck every minute, for ten hours every day
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- by Lindsay Shelton The brutal reality of constructing a longer runway at Wellington Airport is revealed in one of the 27 reports that were published this week.
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OPINION Dave Armstrong: Dave Armstrong: Project Runway wild gamble without an airline
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- Hallelujah! After growing opposition from surfers, Moa Point greenies and airline pilots, the airport runway extension is taking off thanks to the latest report commissioned by, wait for it, the airport.
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REBLOG Genius Net: No Public Funding For Runway White Elephant Please
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- The debate over whether or not public money should be invested in the extension of Wellington International Airport’s (WIAL) runway is starting to heat up.
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REBLOG: What if they build it and no one comes?
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- A throwaway line of mine a couple of weeks ago about the Wellington City Council’s enthusiasm for the proposed airport runway extension prompted a couple of comments here from Tim Brown, chair of Wellington International Airport Limited (WIAL) – owned 66 per cent by Infratil and 34 per cent by the Wellington City Council.
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Some real facts about the airport extension
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- Last night, we hoped that TV One News would give us the chance to provide some counter to the big bunch of spin all over the Dom Post yesterday.
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REBLOG: Strathmore Park: Infratil getting testy over Wellington airport extension questions
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- Infratil are getting increasingly testy over the questions now being asked by many around the viability of the Wellington Airport Extension and the perception of a corporate handout.
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NEWS: Pilots challenge safety zones for Wellington Airport’s proposed runway extension
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- The cost of Wellington Airport’s $300 million runway extension will double if the larger safety zones that pilots want are included in the design, a judge has been told.
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NEWS: Pilots take runway battle to High Court
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- A plane is 29 times more likely to overshoot the runway at Wellington Airport than at Auckland, the High Court in Wellington has been told.
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OPINION David Lee: Wellington runway extension or runaway costs?
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- OPINION: As Wellington International Airport Limited (WIAL) prepares to lodge its application for resource consent for a runway extension, it’s important Wellingtonians are aware of the full facts – because, if the scheme goes ahead, a vast amount of ratepayers’ money will be pouring into it.
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NEWS: Wellington airport’s safety disputed in runway extension case
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- Safety at Wellington airport is in dispute with the director of Civil Aviation saying it is safe and the pilots’ union saying the risk of an overrun or undershoot is significant.
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RE-BLOG Strathmore Park: Swampy Marsh enters the Airport Extension debate and suffers an ironic injury
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- Simon Marsh launched into David Lee this morning in an Op Ed in the Dominion Post about the airport extension.
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