Helipad crisis won’t have an easy solution, opposition warns

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau recommends that homes, footpaths and car parks be kept well away from hospital helipads.

Helipad crisis won’t have an easy solution, opposition warns
State MP Penny Pratt says the government should have known about changes to the rules about clearance zones around helipads before starting work in Murray Bridge and at Mannum. Images: Penny Pratt/Facebook, Peri Strathearn.

Major site works and expensive property acquisitions may be required before Murray Bridge and Mannum’s hospital helipads can reopen, the state opposition suggests.