Traveston Crossing Dam

Project overview*

EIS status	Approval of project refused
Description	A dam with a total storage of 161,000 megalitres and an annual yield of 70,000 ML; and associated infrastructure (Stage 1).
Proponent	Queensland Water Infrastructure Pty Ltd
Location/s	Mary River, approximately 27 km upstream of Gympie. Map
Local government/s	Gympie Regional Council
Key features	dam relocation of infrastructure, including roads and powerlines access roads to dam relocation of private infrastructure required to support continued use of land not affected by project

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

• Coordinator-General's report on EIS, October 2009
• Synopsis (PDF 93 KB)
• Full report (PDF 2.58 MB)

The following information sheets summarise the key issues in the report:

• Species (PDF, 102 KB)
• Habitat (PDF, 114 KB)
• Water (PDF, 114 KB)
• Land (PDF, 124 KB)
• Social and economic (PDF, 85 KB)
• Fishway and turtle passage (PDF, 109 KB)
• Next steps (PDF, 98 KB)
• Addendum to EIS, November 2007
• Addendum report (PDF, 57 KB)
• Attachment 1 - Local government boundaries (PDF, 417 KB)
• Attachment 2 - Shire of Noosa Strategic Planning Framework (PDF, 746 KB)
• Attachment 3 - Local geology and structure (PDF, 986 KB)
• Attachment 4 - Soils mapping (PDF, 670 KB)
• Attachment 5 - Page 8-94 for insertion (PDF, 584 KB)
• Attachment 6 - Figures 1a-7 (PDF, 3.8 MB)
• Attachment 6 - Figures 8a-8f (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• Attachment 6 - Figures 9a-9f (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• Attachment 6 - Figures 10a-14 (PDF, 4.5 MB)
• Attachment 7 - Dam wall: risk and opportunity assessment (part A) (PDF, 676 KB)
• Attachment 7 - Dam wall: risk and opportunity assessment (part B) (PDF, 639 KB)
• Attachment 8 - Supplementary technical report figures (PDF, 3.0 MB)
• Attachment 9 - Pages for insertion following page 45 of consultation report (PDF, 325 KB)
• Environmental impact statement, October 2007
• EIS - Executive summary (PDF, 3.3 MB)
• The Complete EIS is available at State Library of Queensland (record number: 783481)
• Terms of reference for EIS (PDF, 324 KB), August 2007
• Addendum to IAS (PDF, 50 KB), December 2006
• Initial advice statement  (PDF, 408 KB), September 2006
  • Figure 3.1 - Locality plan (PDF, 429 KB)
  • Figure 4.1 - Land tenure (PDF, 962 KB)
  • Figure 4.2 - Built infrastructure (PDF, 849 KB)
  • Figure 4.8 - Landform of proposed Traveston Crossing Dam (PDF, 239 KB)
  • Figure 4.9 - Agricultural soil suitability (PDF, 372 KB)
  • Figure 4.11 - Vegetation of proposed Traveston Crossing Dam (PDF, 1.1 MB)

EIS process

Read more about the EIS process.

Australian Government refusal

Federal environment minister's refusal of 'controlled action'.

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.