FOR PRESS PM. NO. 35, 1969
TOWRA POINT RULED OUT AS AIRPORT SITE
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
The community noise problem involved in the
operation of jet aircraft in the Towra Point area would be so severe,
that the Minister for Civil Aviation has advised me that he has
decided to direct the Interdepartmental Committee, convened to
consider the future airport needs of Sydney, to exclude this site
from its consideration. While accepting that the advantages which modern
aviation brings to the community as a whole are considerable, I
nevertheless feel that our airport planning must avoid the imposition
of an unacceptable noise burden on any particular section of the
community. This I believe would be the situation if we went ahead
with jet airport development at Towra Point. Accordingly, I have
told the Minister for Civil Aviation that I concur in his decision not
to give further consideration to possible future jet operations at
Towra Point.
CANBERRA, 29 March 1969
Gorton, John
Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
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29/03/1969
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