Hi Edgar, commercial aircraft generally don't 'stray' from their course... The main reasons that there are height restrictions on the city is so aircraft taking off from Adelaide airport have enough space to execute a 'missed approach' or emergency go around should they have an engine failue on take...

Don't know why there is such a holdup with this project cos it is going to turn out to be one big student accomodation complex anyway. IMO up to the 20th floor will be investors and then from then up will be owner/occupiers. For that reason alone I will be very keen to purchase one of these. I thin...

Will wrote:

bm7500 wrote:Then that just means that Adelaide will never have an iconic tower like Centrepoint, Q1 or Eureka!

Not neccesarily. A development can always be granted major development status by the state government. Remember Capital City?

I'm not familiar with that project..

Then that just means that Adelaide will never have an iconic tower like Centrepoint, Q1 or Eureka!

It appears that the white areas in the CBD have no Legend and therefore no specific height restriction? Does this mean that a true skyscraper could be built there???

And yes, the height restrictions in the CBD of a modern city are pathetic!!