Australian Rail Track Corporation welcomes extension of time for public submissions on Border to Gowrie Inland Rail EIS

A number of issues have led the Office of the Co-ordinator General to extend the period for the public to make submissions on the EIS for the Border to Gowrie leg of the Inland Rail project.

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Public consultation on the draft Border to Gowrie Environmental Impact Statement has been extended to May 4.

The period in which the public were able to make submissions on the project was previously meant to close on April 19.

Australian Rail Track Corporation planning, communications and stakeholder relations director Rebecca Pickering said Inland Rail builder ARTC welcomed the extension of time for public submissions to the Queensland Office of the Co-ordinator General.

“It is my understanding that the Office of the Co-ordinator General has taken into consideration recent events during the public submission period including recent weather events in the Macintyre and Condamine regions; disruptions resulting from the detection of COVID-19 in Queensland and the Easter holiday period when making a decision to extend the consultation period,” she said.

“These unforeseen events may have limited the opportunities for individuals and communities to come together to discuss and prepare submissions on the EIS.

“This extension will also give those preparing EIS submissions further time to review the independent Flood Panel draft report for the Border to Gowrie Project.”

For more information on the project or to make a submission, head to https://haveyoursay.dsd.qld.gov.au/coordinatorgeneral/inlandrailb2g/