Residents in several suburbs in Sydney’s south-east may be impacted in the early hours of the morning due to runway maintenance and other airport projects.
The surge of new developments in Sydney’s west has comes as the area prepares for the impact of the city’s second airport.
A heritage-listed observatory sits at the convergence of arrival and departure flight paths for Sydney’s new airport,which stargazers say will shake up night sky imaging.
Residents set to be disrupted by low-flying planes won’t know whether they will be eligible for noise mitigation measures until late this year.
Residents will be able to use an online tool from today to see how they will be disrupted by planes landing and taking off at Western Sydney Airport.
Outgoing Greater Cities Commission boss Geoff Roberts disagreed the agency’s previous housing targets were too low,but conceded in future “they need to be bolder”.
In an unsuspecting location in suburban Cecil Hills,Sydney’s second-largest pumping station will supply water to 84,000 homes.
The planes the airline will base in western Sydney will carry about four million passengers through the new airport each year on more than 25,000 flights.
The flight paths for the curfew-free Western Sydney Airport will determine whether the peace is shattered for people who live nearby.
The release of details will set off a push for sound-proofing insulation to be provided to homes disrupted by aircraft noise.
In a fast-growing corner of the city,voter concerns about infrastructure – particularly schools and childcare – will shape a key election battleground.