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It is a shame that distortion of facts still persists around the cost to us ratepayers of Warnervale airport. (Chronicle Forum Nov 4)
Ms Wynn states a figure of $500,000 or more each year, a figure bandied about by the anti-airport group.
Since November 2017, when the Community Environment Network (CEN) proxies and Labor councillors cancelled all spending on the airport, nothing has been spent on maintenance of the airport, except for the filling of a few potholes on the edge of the taxiway.
The airport has provided an income of some $47,000 per year, with virtually nothing in return.
The figure Ms Wynn quotes is a Council internal cost, that is wages for staff and associated costs, and may include the cost of various “reviews” carried out at the request of the CEN proxies with the backing of Labor.
The need for such Council staff involvement is moot, since there is little needed.
For over 50 years, the Aero Club alone maintained the airfield at no cost to the community and with no Council involvement.
Ms Wynn is correct, as far as I know, in that no small regional airport is financially viable.
Yet, these country and regional towns cherish their airports and feel that the cost is not only worthwhile, but essential.
It’s a shame that some in our community don’t see our one small airport in the same light.
On the environmental care matter, I have walked along Tuggerah Lake foreshore and seen the signs put there by Landcare and other, but don’t see any evidence of “activity”.
The sites don’t appear degraded and, if they were, how?
Perhaps a few weeds?
The sites are not where anyone would walk, or drive, so what damage are these people repairing?
It would seem that nature is doing a reasonable job by herself.
If they want to do proper environmental work, get stuck into the lantana and privet.
Email, Nov 6
Geoff Robertson, The Entrance