Attend a community consultation session in July 2022

Following on from feedback gained during the early engagement phase in 2021, we have developed a preliminary airspace and flight path design for Williamtown (Newcastle Airport).

Where operationally safe, flight paths have been designed to minimise impacts to communities, particularly in relation to aircraft noise. Where residential areas cannot be avoided, we have attempted to design the airspace so operations can be distributed and noise shared, and to avoid the most populated areas of these communities, where possible. Noise impact assessments have been undertaken to identify the levels of aircraft noise that may potentially be experienced in different communities.

Fact sheets on the specific changes in each Local Government Area (LGA) have been prepared to provide details of the changes being proposed, the altitude of aircraft in these locations, forecast noise levels and projected frequency of operations. Each LGA fact sheet also summarises the feedback we received from the community in 2021 which was incorporated into the preliminary design where possible. These fact sheets can be found in the Documents section of this page.

The proposed preliminary airspace design is now available for community review and comment. We will consider all feedback received as we finalise the design. Where possible, we will make changes to the proposed design to address community concerns or areas of interest, however it is not possible to guarantee any suburb, group or individual exemption from aircraft noise exposure.

We will be hosting a series of community consultation sessions in the local area from 18 July 2022. These sessions will give local residents an opportunity to find out more about the preliminary design from our technical experts and provide feedback.

Note: these sessions are not structured formal meetings, rather drop-in style sessions where community members can have one-on-one conversations with Airservices staff.

Community consultation session schedule:

Day Date Venue Address From To
Monday 18 July Lakelands Community Centre 3 Literary Close, Kanwal 4.30pm 7.30pm
Tuesday 19 July Swansea Centre - Ocean Room 1 228 Pacific Highway, Swansea 4.30pm 7.30pm
Wednesday 20 July Cessnock Performing Arts Centre - Program Room 198 Vincent Street, Cessnock 4.30pm 7.30pm
Thursday 21 July Hawks Nest Community Centre 71 Booner Street, Hawks Nest 4.30pm 7.30pm
Friday 22 July Rutherford Community Centre 13 Arthur Street, Rutherford 4.30pm 7.30pm
Saturday 23 July Williamtown Public Hall 2 Sandeman Street, Williamtown 9.00am 12.00pm
Saturday 23 July Wallsend Railway Goods Shed 76 Cowper Road, Wallsend 2.00pm 5.00pm
Monday 25 July Singleton Diggers 49 Castlereagh Street, Singleton 4.30pm 7.30pm
Tuesday 26 July CWA Hall Dungog 199 Dowling Street, Dungog 4.30pm 7.30pm
Wednesday 27 July Carrington Community Centre 1A Hargraves Street, Carrington 4.30pm 7.30pm
Thursday 28 July Raymond Terrace Senior Citizens Hall 17E Irrawang Street, Raymond Terrace 10.00am 1.00pm
Thursday 28 July Seaham Scout Hall 10 Warren Street, Seaham 4.30pm 7.30pm
Friday 29 July Kurri Kurri Senior Citizens Hall 132 Barton Street, Kurri Kurri 4.30pm 7.30pm
Saturday 30 July Pat Hughes Community Centre Taylor Avenue, Thornton 9.00am 12.00pm
Saturday 30 July Kilaben Bay Community Hall 132A Kilaben Bay Road, Kilaben Bay 2.00pm 5.00pm
Thursday 11 Aug Online community consultation session
7.00pm


Click here to register your attendance at one of our sessions.

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