Residents of the Bouddi and Woy Woy Peninsulas have been alarmed in recent weeks to receive flyers from the Federal Government in their letter boxes, warning of noise levels they might experience due to flight paths from the new Western Sydney Airport.
John Brumell of Umina Beach said he was surprised to receive the communication.
“I thought it was a bit unusual because previously the Central Coast was not going to be impacted,” he said.
“When I opened the link to view the information and scrolled forward (it) brought up the flight paths for all of Sydney for both arrivals and departures.
“It appears that the north-east departures will fly over Dharug National Park and Popran National Park then proceed over the Peninsula via a convoluted route (before continuing) north-east off the coast.
“I have in the past heard the odd large jet fly over Umina Beach at a great height – but still noisy.
“This new airport will operate 24/7 (and) if my assumption is correct we will have our beautiful quiet life completely disrupted.
“The community at large needs to stop this.”
But Member for Robertson Gordon Reid said planes flying over the Central Coast through the proposed flight paths would be more than 20,000ft in the air.
“The Government wants people to be as informed as possible about the potential impact of the flight paths at Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) airport,” Reid said.
“That’s why we have put out our preliminary flight paths with a noise tool earlier this year to try to give people early information about where those flight paths are likely to go prior to the EIS (environment impact statement) process starting.
“The draft EIS is now open for public feedback.
“The government is committed to balancing the needs of the community, environment, industry and users of the broader Greater Sydney airspace, while maintaining safety as a priority, in the design of WSI’s flight paths.
“We are strongly encouraging people to provide feedback on the preliminary flight paths and the EIS so it can be considered as we finalise the flight path design ahead of the new airport commencing operations by late 2026.”
The flights paths can be viewed at wsiflightpaths.gov.au
So this flight path over the Central Coast…is set in stone?
what a pack of sooks try living in Marrickville
Is it a concern if the flight paths drown out hearing the nonsense of noise concerns over the proposed flight paths?
The Western Sydney airport represents sensible, thoughtful progress!
the nevell nobodies of this era. nothing would get done if they all had their way. I live on the coastal fringe and get aircraft heading to the north all the time. you hardly hear them. the new aircraft are very quiet compared to the old. He cam turn his hearing aid down. problem solved.
Electric planes do not make a noise?
What a lot of whingers. I used to live at Coogee, under the path of planes comming and going from Mascot airport. I used to lay in bed and count how many there were before I fell asleep.
The only noise I hate are barking dogs and motor bikes