Central Coast Express Advocate, 24 April 1974, “To the Editor: Charges ‘Not True’”.
This letter to the editor provides the official response from Wyong Shire Councillor Vera L. Butler to growing criticism from the Central Coast Aero Club over delays in developing the Warnervale airstrip. Published in the same edition as Jack Neal’s reply, it presents the council’s position that it supported improved aviation facilities but was constrained by planning processes beyond its control.
Butler argues that the principal obstacle was not a lack of council support, but the requirement for approval from the State Planning Authority pending completion of the Gosford-Wyong Urban Structure Plan. She also points to meetings between the council, the Steering Committee and the Aero Club, as well as requests for revised proposals from the club, as evidence that progress was being made.
Together with Jack Neal’s response published the same week, this article offers a valuable balanced perspective on one of the defining disputes in the early history of Warnervale Airport. The two letters reveal the differing interpretations of the planning process held by the Aero Club and the council and illustrate the political tensions surrounding the airport proposal in 1974.
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