Shellharbour councillor raises doubts about $20 million airport upgrade plan

Kate McIlwain
Updated November 7 2019 - 8:43pm, first published 5:00pm
Ambuitious plan: A majority of Shellharbour councillors have voted to go ahead with plans to upgrade the city's airport, but one councillor is worried it will become a "white elephant". Artist's impression: Shellharbour council.
Ambuitious plan: A majority of Shellharbour councillors have voted to go ahead with plans to upgrade the city's airport, but one councillor is worried it will become a "white elephant". Artist's impression: Shellharbour council.

Shellharbour councillors have signed off on a $20 million upgrade of the Illawarra's airport, despite concerns the overhaul is "a poor use of public money".

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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