Australia greenlights third runway for Melbourne airport
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Sept 13 (Reuters) -Australia's Melbourne Airport on Friday received along-awaited approval to build a third runway, with the federal government setting out conditions to minimise the effects of noise from aircraft on surrounding communities.
The airport is expected toboost the economyin Victoria by A$6 billion ($4.04 billion) a year.
Catherine King, the country's transport minister, said the new runway would allow the airport to cash in on rising demand in thecity and provide better access topassengers.
"Throughout my consideration of this proposal, the needs of the local community have been front of mind," King said.
The airport will also berequired to include a provision for a legally enforceable commitment to restore the length of the existing east-west runway in a bid to increase opportunities for noise sharing.
It will additionally have toimplement a new program for communities who would be most impacted by aircraft noise and conduct a health study into the effects of noise.
"These conditions, along with relevant environmental requirements, mean that we are balancing the growth of the airport with the needs of the communities on the ground," the minister said.
Australia's flagship carrier Qantas QAN.AX and Bain-Capital owned smaller rival Virgin Australiadid not immediately respond to Reuters' requests onhow the move might affect their operations.
($1 = 1.4868 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza and Sonia Cheema
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