00:00 It's a tricky path to navigate, ensuring the skies above Western Sydney are busy, while
00:07 keeping residents on the ground happy.
00:09 It's been a sleepy village for so long and it won't be for too much longer.
00:15 By 2023, 81,000 flights are scheduled to take off and land at the new airport each year.
00:22 For some nearby residents, those flights will bring noise levels above 70 decibels, enough
00:28 to disrupt a conversation indoors.
00:30 No homes will be acquired at this stage.
00:33 But the new environmental impact study shows almost 100 homes inside this boundary will
00:39 be eligible for noise mitigation, including thicker windows and insulation.
00:44 We've had a broader policy in terms of noise insulation than we have had previously.
00:49 Even so, many who are further away but still under the flight path will miss out.
00:55 Roger Greely has lived in the Blue Mountains for 35 years.
01:00 He's not eligible for insulation.
01:02 It's just down the road here and they will be pretty low flying when they go overhead.
01:09 This is the reality of living under a flight path.
01:12 Far more homes are impacted by noise from Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport, but there's
01:17 a curfew from 11pm till 6am.
01:20 The new Western Sydney Airport will have planes coming in and out 24/7.
01:26 With extra flights, whether it's a curfew or not, we'll definitely need some soundproofing.
01:32 We currently have about 220 flights per day going across this community with 18 flight
01:38 paths.
01:39 That is significantly more than any other community in Western Sydney.
01:44 But some business leaders think the benefits outweigh the costs.
01:48 The great news now is we can get ahead with building the airport, finalising the terminal
01:52 construction and preparing for take-off.
01:54 Good or bad, people have until January 31st to submit their feedback.
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