Moving Adelaide Airport to an artificial island

[Norman]

I've moved this to the Vision thread as this is not being seriously considered at the time.

But I will also note that a large artificial island in the gulf will have serious environmental effects on our coast. It's not going to happen. There are no current capacity restraints on our airport that require major expansion or moving of the airport.

[[Shuz]]

This is clearly one of the more batshit crazy ideas I've heard on these forums in a long time, but at the end of the day, it's just an idea. Hence, vision thread.

It'd be pretty authoritarian to shut down debate entirely just because you don't like it.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"*

*Hate speech notwithstanding.

[Nort]

Keystone and Festival Plaza have both passed approval in regards to the airport. If Keystones 180m becomes the new standard height cap that provides for many decades of massive growth in the CBD.

If we reach the point that the proximity of the airport is a handbrake on the growth of Adelaide then we have seen such an explosion in tourist and business activity that the location of the airport is likely a major positive asset for the city.

If we ever reach the capacity limit for the current site then a second airport out past Gawler feels much more likely than moving the current one entirely.

[rev]

Keystone and Festival Plaza have both passed approval in regards to the airport. If Keystones 180m becomes the new standard height cap that provides for many decades of massive growth in the CBD.

If we reach the point that the proximity of the airport is a handbrake on the growth of Adelaide then we have seen such an explosion in tourist and business activity that the location of the airport is likely a major positive asset for the city.

If we ever reach the capacity limit for the current site then a second airport out past Gawler feels much more likely than moving the current one entirely.

Regardless of any new buildings pushing the 200m mark, there is already so much potential for huge amounts of growth and construction activity within the so called square mile. It's mostly flat as it is.