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Ballina's mayor has confirmed council does not have control over which planes land at Ballina Byron Gateway Airport. The revelation came as a flight from locked-down Victoria arrived on the coast this afternoon. by Lachlan Grant | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather
Premium Content New body scanning equipment will be soon equipped at the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport. The new technology will be funded by Federal Government after it approved $2.3M in funding for the security upgrades. The funding comes from the Federal Government s Regional Airports Screening Infrastructure (RASI) grant program. The initiative provides funding to regional airports that must upgrade their security screening equipment, or commence screening, following new requirements from the Department of Home Affairs. The RASI program eases the cost burden for modifying airports, to accommodate the equipment, and to operate the screening points for a period of time, on the condition those costs are not passed on to airport users.
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Subscriber only Construction of Airport Boulevard, the new entrance road to the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, will commence on February 11. Ballina mayor David Wright said the new road will mean drastic improvements to the terminal. The new road will provide an impressive entrance to the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, he said. It will also unlock future proposed expansion of the Southern Cross Industrial Estate. The works will begin on Southern Cross Drive, near the entrance to airport, where the first roundabout will be built. Â The construction of a new entrance road to the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, known as Airport Boulevard, will also unlock future industrial land in the Southern Cross Industrial Estate in Ballina.
•Kempsey A twin-engine Cessna Conquest aircraft will be used to carry out the safety checks within an area up to 35 kilometres from the aerodromes. Low-level flying is an essential part of the safety exercise, with the aircraft down as low as several hundred feet at times. Residents may notice an uncommon flying pattern, but this is to make sure obstacles are accurately marked on charts and no new obstacles exist. Obstacles can be towers, trees, masts or buildings that can be a danger to aircraft. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority requires aerodrome flight path safety checks to be carried out every three years to maintain a high level of air safety at all aerodromes.