Dudgeon Point Coal Terminals Project – Q and As - North ...

Property
Will the government or NQBP buy properties affected by dust and noise?
NQBP is continuing to voluntarily purchase properties at Louisa Creek which commenced 15 years ago.
However, NQBP has no plans to extend a house buy-back scheme to any other area around the port.
Are properties going to be resumed by the State Government?
NQBP owns sufficient land (around 1400 hectares) at Dudgeon Point to carry out the development of the
proposed new terminals at Dudgeon Point without resumption of properties. In addition, NQBP already
owns a transport corridor approximately 6 kilometres long and 70-90 metres wide which runs adjacent to
the Fenechvale Estate area to Dudgeon Point.
The proposed rail route through Fenechvale will require significant excavation in some of the elevated
hilly areas. To accommodate this, it is anticipated that a limited amount of land along the corridor will
need to be purchased or resumed. The affected landowners will be consulted as part of the EIS
consultation process. No houses will be affected by the land requirements as the cuttings occur in
pastoral areas.
What is the extent of the buffer zones separating the development from communities?
The 2010 Hay Point Land Use Plan designates significant buffer areas around the Dudgeon Point
development. The Hay Point Land Use Plan can be accessed at www.nqbp.com.au.
In the Timberlands area, the separation between the closest rail line and the closest house is
approximately 300 metres. The development proposes to use vegetated earth mounds between this
traffic corridor and Timberlands to minimise noise and minimise amenity impacts for residents such that
the trains are not visible to residents.
Is NQBP going to buy more properties to buffer port activities?
NQBP does not have any current plans to purchase additional properties as a buffer to port activities
because of the extensive buffer areas designated around the Dudgeon Point development in the Land
Use Plan. NQBP, however, will continue its voluntary buy-back scheme at Louisa Creek which has been
in place for fifteen years.
Accommodation Village
Why is a construction workforce accommodation village required?
For expansions undertaken of the existing coal terminals in the port, most of the construction workforce
was sourced locally and already lived in the Mackay/Sarina region. The current HPX3 expansion of
HPCT has been managed with a very low number of FIFO construction workers. A similar situation is
expected to occur for construction of the Dudgeon Point Coal Terminals. If only one terminal is
constructed at once, it is similarly expected that few FIFO construction workers will be required and
accommodation impacts will be low. Accommodation villages approved or planned in Mackay and Sarina
would likely be sufficient for this small number of FIFO workers.
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