Moura Link-Aldoga Rail Project

Project overview*

EIS status	Recommended project proceed subject to conditions and recommendations
Description	Major expansion of the QR National rail network north of greater Gladstone, to cater for new tonnages from existing and new coal mines.
Proponent	QR National Limited
Location/s	Immediately north-west of greater Gladstone. Map
Local government/s	Gladstone Regional Council
Key features	rolling stock maintenance facility provisioning facility new rail corridor quadruplication of a section of the North Coast Line

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

• Coordinator-General's report on EIS (PDF, 1.13 MB), October 2009
• Environmental impact statement, June 2008
  • Executive summary (PDF, 925 kB)
  • Findings and commitments (PDF, 335 kB)
  • Complete EIS available from QR National. Also available at State Library of Queensland (record number: 799007)
• Terms of reference for the project (PDF, 703 kB), March 2008
• Initial advice statement (PDF, 1.8 MB), September 2007
  • Appendix A - Ecological searches
    • EPBC Protected Matters Report and EPA Wildlife Online Extract (PDF, 194 kB)
    • Essential Habitat Mapping (PDF, 1.2 MB)
    • 2003 Regional Ecosystem Map (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  • Appendix B: Castle Hope Dam inundation area (PDF, 801 kB)
  • Appendix C: QR environmental policy (PDF, 25 kB)

EIS process

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* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.