Family vows to keep land away from Logan sewage plans

OWNERS of a historic braham stud south of Brisbane fear their land will be resumed for a sewage treatment plant, as a council community consultation period ends today.

Three possible sites mentioned in the 2016 Cardno report.

LONG-time Stockleigh resident Margaret Hawkins has vowed to fight to keep her acreage land in tact and safe from being used as a site for a council sewage treatment plant.

Miss Hawkins said she believed her land, known for its historic Colbrae Braham Stud, had been “surreptitiously” earmarked by Logan City Council for the plant, even though the city’s Water Infrastructure chairman Phil Pidgeon vehemently denied that was the case.

But residents including Leeroy Bobermein remain sceptical after a 2016 feasibility report by Cardno identified the Stockleigh Rd address as a favoured site.

Leeroy Bobermein with his placard at a community consultation meeting where residents voiced scepticism about claims no site had been chosen.

My property is mentioned in a 2016 report which shows my land with a big red ring around it as the preferred site,” she said.

“This land has been in my family since the 1880s and I am not going to let council take it away from me for a sewage plant which is not even needed here as everyone has septic tanks or envirocycle.”

Submissions to council about the best spot for a needed sewage plant will close today at 5pm.

A new treatment plant will be needed by 2022 to treat waste from emerging communities at Park Ridge and Yarrabilba.

A flyer being distributed around properties at Logan Village, Buccan and Stockleigh.

Council has plants at Loganholme and Beenleigh, and temporary facilities at Jimboomba and Flagstone.

Cr Pidgeon said the new plant would service Yarrabilba, Logan Village, Chambers Flat and Park Ridge, while another one is planned for Cedar Grove.

He said the new state-of-the-art facility would have a much smaller footprint than traditional plants when built, and would use high quality odour treatment.

Council invests about $100 million in water and wastewater infrastructure each year. The new plant will be fully funded by developer contributions.