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Plan to make Western Sydney Airport ‘green’ is at odds with flight safety, Government report says
A report used for the draft master plan of a new sustainable city surrounding the Western Sydney Airport has warned of the increased risk of bird strikes because of ‘green’ initiatives planned across the region.
Key points:
- There are tens of thousands of bird strikes with planes every year around the world
- The plans included a proposal to increase tree canopy around the airport by 40 per cent
- The Department of Planning wouldn’t comment on which green initiatives would be scaled back
Designs are underway for the construction of the Western Sydney Aerotropolis at Badgerys Creek, which is set to grow to a city roughly the size of Adelaide in the coming years.
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