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QUEENSLAND Government lies over the Traveston Crossing dam proposal should be subject to an independent public inquiry, according to Gympie Federal MP Warren Truss.

As Mary Valley residents celebrated the end of the dam proposal, Mr Truss said the state government had wasted up to $865 million on an unapproved project backed by significantly flawed environmental [...]

The following documents comprise PAGE’s supplementary submission to the draft EIS:

Cover Letter (28kB)
Community Issues – Supplementary Information (80kB)
Supplementary Appendix A – Report for Botanica Land Habitat Survey (448kB)
Supplementary Appendix B – Eerwah Vale Musa Vale Rd – Birds (16kB)
Supplementary Appendix C – Eerwah Vale Musa Vale Road – Plants (40kB)
Supplementary Appendix D – Aboriginal Cultural [...]

The following article appeared in the Noosa Journal today.
Noosa Journal – PAGE refutes claim on powerline option

The draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) released for 70 kilometres of high voltage powerlines and pylons proposed for Woolooga to Eerwah Vale has come under fire from environmental experts.
Five specialists have spoken out against the impact assessment, including environmental scientist and director of ATP Environmental Adam Presnell, in a submission by the Powerlines Action Group [...]

Covering Letter
Powerlines Action Group Eumundi (PAGE) is a community group formed to ensure that the wider community interests are served when considering how to provide energy for sustainable development on the Sunshine Coast.
With this in mind, PAGE wish to work constructively with the Queensland Government and its agencies to deal with the two key issues [...]

The following documents comprise PAGE’s submission to the draft EIS, and were submitted to Parsons Brinckerhoff 15 May 2009.
Supplementary papers to this submission will be provided by 29 May.

Cover letter (72kB)

Contents page (36kB)

Letter and Executive Summary (164kB)

Community Issues Matrix – Chapters 2-12 (796kB)

Community Issues Matrix – Chapters 13-22 (696kB)

Community Issues Matrix – Appendices (656kB)

Appendix [...]

Community members endeavouring to respond to a 1900-page Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding high voltage powerlines and pylons have called an extension granted by project proponent Powerlink as ‘half-hearted’.
“We’re calling it for what it is – a half-hearted attempt to quell community discontent,” said Dr John Cronin, spokesperson for the Powerline Action Group of [...]

Stuart Topp, Powerlink, was sent this email (10 March) regarding detail PAGE expects to see in the draft EIS on the justification and assumptions made by Powerlink in determining for this project to commence.
Dear Stuart,
I am writing on behalf of PAGE members in anticipation of the upcoming EIS.
As part of the EIS process we would [...]

[ May 13, 2009; 12:00 pm; ] Powerlink have advised (indirectly) that the submissions period for the draft EIS will close 13th May.

[ March 27, 2009; 12:00 pm; ] We have heard (indirectly) that Powerlink have advised that the official release date for the draft EIS is 27th March, and submissions will close 13th May.

There is still time to request a hard copy if necessary and you will need to contact Powerlink directly.