State Planning Policy 2/07 Guideline - Queensland Mining and Safety

INNES PARK KEY RESOURCE AREA – KRA 87
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Burnett Shire
LOCATION:
The resource is located on Back Windermere Road, about 8 kilometres south of Bargara (see
map KRA 87).
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION:
The resource comprises part of the basalt that underlies the coastal plain between Burnett
Heads and Elliott Heads.
An existing quarry supplies aggregates to a concrete batching plant in Bundaberg. A small
proportion of the material is sold to other customers.
SIGNIFICANCE:
The remaining resource is sufficient for over 30 years of supply. The resource supplies a
large proportion of the aggregates for the Bundaberg district.
SEPARATION AREA:
North and northwest of the resource/processing area, the separation area excludes the
Residential C zoned land west of Back Windemere Road and the Residential A zoned land on
the southern side of Innes Park Road. The flat country to the east of the resource is zoned
Future Urban. This is partly shielded by a bund wall constructed along the perimeter of the
extractive operations, allowing a reduction in separation distance to 500 metres. The Special
Facilities zone, however, is excluded from this part of the separation area.
The separation area boundary has been defined at 500 metres from quarry operations over the
Rural and Future Urban land south and west of the existing quarry, as these areas are also
partly shielded by the bund wall.
TRANSPORT ROUTE:
From the quarry entrance on Back Windermere Road, most quarry product is transported
north to the State-controlled Innes Park Road. Some product is hauled south via Barolin
Homestead Road to Elliott Heads Road.
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