Melbourne Airport spends $45m in third-runway buying spree
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Melbourne Airport spent more than $45 million buying land around its border as part of preparations for a new runway â despite not yet having final sign-off for the project from Canberra.
In 2018 the Australia Pacific Airports Corporation, which manages Tullamarine, released its latest five-year master plan. It said a new east-west runway was needed by 2022.
Retired GP Michael Howson, who has a farm near Melbourne Airport, said the impact of the planned runway on other residents south of the airport could be profound.