DAM AND PIPELINE PROPOSALS FOR GALILEE BASIN

The Queensland government is looking at private sector proposals for the $4 billion development of a new wharf at Abbot Point and dam in central Queensland. The government said the projects were an important part of the development of the coal rich Galilee Basin in western Queensland. One of the major constraints to activity in the basin is its lack of water, which the Government hopes will be solved by the $2.6bn Connors River Dam and pipelines proposal The development will include a 49,500 megalitre dam and two pipelines. By Andrew Duffy Read more...