ROUND THREE OF REGIONAL AIRPORTS PROGRAM ROLLED OUT

The Federal Government’s Regional Airports Program will see 44 airports across regional Australia be made safer and more accessible, with the airports sharing in $27.9 million of funding under round three of the Regional Airports Program.

Some of the airports that received funding in the third round of grants include:

NEW SOUTH WALES

♦ The Kempsey Shire Council – $5,000,000 for the resurfacing of runway, Pilot Activated Lighting (PAL) upgrade and all-weather ambulance shelter at Kempsey Airport

♦ The City of Broken Hill – $4,998,048 for upgrades to aircraft pavement movement areas at Broken Hill Airport

VICTORIA

♦ The Campaspe Shire Council – $2,350,000 to resurface and upgrade the airstrip, extend the main runway, reseal taxiway and aprons, improve drainage, replace PAL to LED threshold lights, install patient transfer station and dedicated aeromedical helipad at the Echuca Aerodrome

♦ The East Gippsland Shire Council – $1,546,379 for the construction of a patient transfer station and dedicated taxiway/apron for medevac aircraft at Bairnsdale Airport

QUEENSLAND

♦ The Central Highlands Regional Council – $1,592,932 for the remediation of runways, graded areas and drainage works at Emerald Airport

♦ The Gladstone Airport – $864,204 for surface sealing treatments to rejuvenate five main aprons and one taxiway

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

♦ The Coorong District Council – $193,125 for the sealing of an unsealed section of primary runway, pavement rehabilitation of secondary runway and taxiways, primary runway lighting replacement and line-marking at the Tintinara Aerodrome

♦ The District Council of Mount Remarkable – $139,819 for the replacement of runway edge and hold point lighting at the Booleroo Centre Aerodrom

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

♦ The City of Busselton – $218,810 for an apron upgrade and sealing to apron and taxi lane area and associated linemarking at Busselton Margaret River Airport

♦ The City of Greater Geraldton – $168,327 for surface restoration and resealing of the runway at Geraldton Airport

TASMANIA

♦ The Burnie Airport – $428,450 for the resurfacing of Taxiway A and additional $417,160 for the application of surface treatment to all aircraft movement areas at Burnie Airport

♦ The Airlines of Tasmania – $241,550 to repair and strengthen the runway, taxiway and apron pavements and aircraft hardstand at the Cambridge Aerodrome

For the full list of successful projects, please visit: www. infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure-transport-vehicles/ aviation/regional-remote-aviation/regional-airports-program