“Notably, support for the ‘New Runway’ option has been based on an absence of detail of all the options required to be considered in the EIS and without any full disclosure, or reference to the economic assessment results or the predicted aircraft movement figures for the ‘Do Minimum’ option.”

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“While environmental matters are always of the utmost concern, the Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) was also initially concerned that economic matters raised in its submissions for the EIS were not adequately addressed by Sunshine Coast Council (SCC) in responses in the Additional EIS (AEIS).  This concern was stated in the AEIS submission by SCEC and was also subsequently expressed directly to the Office of the Co-ordinator General. Consideration of viability also influence sustainability and environmental outcomes.”

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“The economic assessment results are summarised as follows:-

• New Runway – NPV $243m; BCR 2.45; Capital cost $347 million
• Do Minimum – NPV $297.6m; BCR 9.561; Capital cost $70 to $80 million”

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“While SCEC continues to ensure that environmental matters are given the priority they deserve, we remain mindful of the comments of the independent experts we engaged to review the EIS, that the project as described, does not meet sustainability criteria. ”