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AIRPORT COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION Scone Regional Airport • Project Overview • How did we get to this point? • Why Upgrade the Scone Regional Airport? • What happens if we don’t upgrade the Airport? • Scone Regional Airport Master Plan Implementation
AIRPORT COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION...ct and acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land and of elders, past, present and future, on which this event takes place.\r\rApologies
• Scone Regional Airport Master Plan Implementation
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David Gatwood - MC: Thank you everyone for coming. I am David Gatwood, Councils Manager Business Services. I will be your MC for today. On behalf of Mayor Wayne Bedggood, the General Manager Steve McDonald and myself, we would like to show respect and acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land and of elders, past, present and future, on which this event takes place. Apologies – Ben Wyndham and Cr Maurice Collison. Scone is moving forward with the Scone Regional Airport Masterplan implementation. This is an important project for the Community and Community engagement is critical to the success of this project. Today’s information session will cover: Project Overview How did we get to this point, specifically how we identified that this is a priority for the community; Why upgrade the Scone Regional Airport? What happens if we don’t upgrade the Airport? Scone Regional Airport Master Plan implementation. I would like to invite Mayor Wayne Bedggood to Welcome Everyone.
WELCOME
Mayor Wayne Bedggood
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Mayor: Welcome The airport is an important community asset that provides an essential service, in many ways no different to a road or bridge that needs to be replaced when it reaches the end of it’s useful life. Council considers the closure of the airport to be unacceptable. With that in mind the Scone Regional Airport Masterplan implementation will ensure the airport can continue to operate with the Airside upgrades and will ensure the airport is ‘certified’. The airport currently operates at a loss of about $300k, so we needed to look at a way to make the airport financially sustainable. The Aviation Visitor attraction and associated upgrades will enable the airport to be financially sustainable and will provide vital economic and tourism opportunities and valuable jobs for the Upper Hunter Shire. I will now hand over to Steve McDonald Council’s General Manager and Kristian Enevoldsen, Director Corporate Services who will provide a presentation. There will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end and I encourage you to get involved in this important Community Project for the Upper Hunter Shire.
AIRPORT MASTER PLAN OVERVIEW
So what is being built?
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Steve McDonald/Kristian Enevoldsen The Scone Airport Master Plan Implementation can be considered to have two focuses – What is being built on the Airside and also the Non Airside Infrastructure. Specifically: Airside Reconstruction of runway and full length runway overlay Removal of non-compliant runway end safety area Construction of stormwater drainage Construction of central helipads Construction of full length parallel taxiway Construction of taxiways and taxi lanes to hangars and parking areas Construction of light aircraft parking area Installation of compliant runway and taxiway lighting system Demolition of non-compliant existing parallel taxiway and reinstate with grass Construction of expanded apron Relocate Automated Weather Information System (AWIS) & Bureau Of Meteorology (BOM) infrastructure The renewal of this infrastructure will address the regulatory compliance issues as well as upgrades to address existing capacity restrictions (eg limited aircraft parking and hangars) By catering for increased demand, Council will generate additional revenues (via fees for landings, parking, fuel and leases for new hangars) and at the same time facilitate economic growth by enabling business to grow and attracting new businesses to the region. Council is in discussions with a number of businesses who are interested relocating to the airport and will bring new and specialised jobs to the LGA including new and existing apprenticeship opportunities. The economic growth is realistic given existing demand is over and above the current capacity, along with pending closures of or constraints on other airports as well as the attraction of support industries associated with or synergistic with the warbird visitor attraction
AIRPORT MASTERPLAN OVERVIEW
So what is being built?
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The Non Airside infrastructure includes: Non airside infrastructure Construction of workshop, storage shed Construction of stormwater drainage Construction of wildlife fencing around the airport Relocation of existing services Construction of Warbird Visitor Attraction Construction of commercial and recreational aircraft hangars Construction of public carpark Establishing the warbird visitor attraction is a separate decision over and above the renewal and upgrade of the airside infrastructure. The attraction has potential to generate significant revenues and eliminate Councils subsidy of $300k per annum as well as further increase demand for the airport and facilitate economic growth in related businesses. Flow on effects to the broader tourism industry will be significant as visitor attraction is forecast at 24000 in the first year climbing to 50000 in 10 years. The wider benefits to the local community of an iconic addition to the local identity, connectivity to an important piece of history, education etc are also notable.
HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT?
Airport critically important
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How did we reach this point? That is a good question. The Airport Master Plan implementation is directly linked to our overarching Strategy, which is the Community Strategic Plan 2027. This provides a roadmap of what is important to the Community and where it wants to be in 10 years. The development of the CSP 2027 involved extensive community engagement throughout the Upper Hunter Shire. This included “popping up’ at 14 community events and talking face to face with over 1150 Community members to identify there priorities. Council also engaged with hundreds more through telephone surveys, our website, media, advertisements and displays and exhibits just to name a few. This led to the identification of 11 Community Priorities, which were then used to identify actions, budget and specific projects which would deliver these Community Priorities. The Airport Master Plan implementation is critical for addressing these Community Priorities.
COMMUNITY PRIORITIES
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The 11 Community priorities reflect what the Community believes to be the 10 most important priorities for the future and the final priority is to highlight the importance for Council to continue to be Fit for the Future. Two of these priorities in particular link directly to the Scone Regional Airport Masterplan Implementation.
COMMUNITY PRIORITIES
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During the Community Engagement there was a real concern that the Upper Hunter shire needed a stronger economic base to attract and retain our young people. The Community was concerned that there is limited opportunity for there children and they were being forced to move away. It was seen as a priority for this to be addresses. The Community also believed that increased and innovative tourism and visitor opportunities were critical to have a thriving economy and it came out very strongly that this needed to be a priority. This has resulted in this project, which involves a significant commitment and budget.
CAPITAL WORKS 2019/2020
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The Regional Airport is 25.44% of our Capital Works budget for 2019/2020. The total project budget is $23.5 million, with the airside component $13.5 million and the non-airside component $10 million which includes the warbird visitor attraction. $13 million of the total project cost is grant funded. $10.5 million will be funded through borrowing which will be serviced by the operational activities of the airport and the warbird visitor attraction.
WHY UPGRADE THE SCONE REGIONAL AIRPORT?
Why?• Existing airside infrastructure is deteriorated and
does not meet requirements.
• A number of safety and non-compliance items need to be addressed for Scone Regional Airport to continue to be a registered airport.
• Federal Government amendments come into force on 22 August 2020.
• Scone Regional airport is required to become a ‘certified’ airport, so that it can continue to operate.
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Why Existing airside infrastructure is deteriorated and does not meet the requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Part 139 legislation and Manual of Standards Part 139 regulations (MOS139) Scone Regional Airport is currently a registered airport. There are a number of safety and non-compliance items which need to be addressed under the current MOS139 Federal government amended the MOS139 in February 2019 which comes into force on 22 August 2020. – (refer to as new MOS139 or amended MOS139) The new MOS requires the Scone Regional Airport to become a ‘certified’ airport. To do this the existing safety and non-compliance items need to be addressed as well as ensuring all airside infrastructure meets the requirements of the new MOS The result of the new Manual of Standards regulations is the need for significant upgrades or new airside infrastructure ($13.5M) which need to be in place by 22 August 2020 to enable the airport to continue to operate
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON’T UPGRADE THE AIRPORT?
What Happens?• The airport will no longer be regulated and only
light recreational aircraft will be able to utilise the airport.
• Loss of significant opportunity for economic and tourism growth.
• Loss of aviation related businesses.
• Associated job loss - 80 people would be out of a job if the businesses can not continue to operate.
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So what happens if we don’t do the airside works? The airport will no longer be regulated and only light recreational aircraft will be able to utilise the airport The airport currently services many local business activities – with 7227 movements in the FY 2018-2019 which has grown significantly from the FY 2014-2015 of 3563 movements. There are a number of aviation related businesses operating on the airport or within the Upper Hunter Shire Council which will be significantly affected if the airport was not able to continue to support commercial activities. These businesses employ around 80 people all of which would be out of a job if the business could not continue to operate. Given most of these are specialised jobs these people would be leaving the local region taking many families from our LGA. Council considers the closure of the airport to be unacceptable. The airport is an important community asset that provides an essential service.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON’T UPGRADE THE AIRPORT?
What Happens?• Airport averages 2 critical emergency services
landings per day – these services will not be provided.
• Bushfire event in the LGA won’t have local support.
• Urgent lifesaving medical support from air ambulance will not be provided.
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What does this mean? Currently the airport averages 2 critical emergency services landings per day. What are these – aircraft for emergency medical air transfers and organ donation (eg Air Ambulance, Westpac Helicopter), landings for aircraft involved with firefighting activity, landings for NSW Police activity? If the airport is not certified these services will no longer be able to be provided. If you need urgent lifesaving medical support from air ambulance you won’t be able to get this. If there is a bush fire event in the LGA we won’t have local support.
MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
A look at the new infrastructure• Current Scone Regional Airport Map
We have up around the room the current Scone Regional Airport Map and the “future map” of the Scone Regional Airport with the Masterplan infrastructure included. We also have a variety of Master Plan renders which I will also go through now.
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This shows the Terminal, aviation centre and carpark from Bunnan Road.
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This shows the public carpark.
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A view of the apron into the aviation centre and terminal.
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This shows Bunnan Road – aviation centre from Scone end.
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A view of inside the aviation centre.
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Apron view into aviation centre and terminal
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The main area of airport layout, Bunnan end looking back to Scone.
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This shows the entrance to the carpark
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Entrance into the Airport is shown in this render.
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Walter Pye Avenue bus and caravan parking area.
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Walter Pye Avenue bus and caravan parking area.
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Finally the view to carpark and entrance into airport.
CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAME
Timeframe:
Preliminary works and setup – October 2019 - December 2019
Main Construction Start – January 2020
Construction Completion – September 2020
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The construction timeframe is: Preliminary works and setup – October 2019 - December 2019 Main Construction Start – January 2020 Construction Completion – September 2020
QUESTIONS
Questions?
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Any questions? We thank you for your involvement today. This is a significant project and we welcome any questions.
