Brisbane residents living under a flight path worry that the noise above them will threaten the city’s status

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Brisbane residents who live under flight paths could soon be enjoying a little more peace and quiet under plans to share air traffic noise above more of the city. There are just a few days left for residents to give feedback on the plan. Some are concerned it would mean more noise for the busiest suburbs.

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00:00Bridget McKelvie is proud to call the Brisbane suburb of Highgate Hill home,

00:07but finds the noise unbearable.

00:10We've turned into this crazy flight path where we can't sleep,

00:15we can't enjoy the peace of our homes.

00:17The noise of passing planes are the soundtrack of her day.

00:20I counted yesterday morning in the space of half an hour,

00:23there were 15 jumbo jets flying directly over our house.

00:26She worries others are in the firing line.

00:29Air Services Australia wants to share the noise over Brisbane.

00:32So the work we're doing at the moment looks at communities

00:35that have multiple operations over them,

00:37either day and night or multiple directions of flight paths,

00:41and we're coming up with designs to spread those out a little more.

00:44In what world are we living that our public policy

00:47is to share the harm across communities?

00:50The changes would see less traffic over areas like Cedar Creek

00:54and Samford Valley in the North West,

00:56but more over Everton Park and the CBD.

00:59To the south, Logan City gets a reprieve,

01:02as more flights depart over Bulimba, Balmoral and West End.

01:06There's also a new option over land at night.

01:09Depending on the change,

01:10it can take between 6 and 12 months to implement them,

01:13because we have to go through a process of very stringent safety assessment.

01:17Brisbane residents have until midnight on Sunday to give feedback on the plan,

01:22but some fear the proposal won't be able to restore the peace.

01:25What they are trying to do is shifting the noise from one community to another community,

01:31and so we don't believe that this is the right approach.

01:35There are calls to follow other airports like Sydney and Adelaide.

01:38Which is a curfew, ideally combined with a flight cab.

01:43We are not seeing any sacrifice, any compromise whatsoever.

01:48And I think our status as an iconic liveable city is at risk.

01:52For that reason.

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