CopperString Project
Project overview*
EIS status | Approved with conditions |
Description | A high-voltage overhead electricity transmission line connecting the North West Power System to the state’s electricity grid. |
Proponent | Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation (T/a Powerlink Queensland) |
Location/s | The transmission line would run from a new sub-station at Woodstock, south of Townsville, to the Chumvale sub-station, near Cloncurry. It would augment the powerline to Mount Isa and include a southern extension from Cloncurry to substations at Selwyn and Woodya. View map. |
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Investment | $1.75 billion |
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* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.
Environmental impact statement (EIS) process
Date | Activity |
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11 November 2022 | Delegate for Australian Minister for the Environment and Water approval of controlled action ‘CopperString Transmission Line Project’ (EPBC 2019/8416) subject to conditions. |
28 September 2022 | Coordinator-General’s report on the EIS ( Updated draft biodiversity offset management strategy (August 2022) ( |
28 February 2022 | The Coordinator-General accepted the draft EIS and the revised draft EIS as the final EIS. |
12 January 2022 | The proponent lodged an updated revised draft EIS |
12 October 2021 | The proponent lodged a revised draft EIS. |
17 June 2021 | Additional information for the EIS requested by the Coordinator-General. |
23 February 2021 | Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 4 March 2022. |
21 December 2020 to 12 February 2021 | Draft EIS on public consultation. |
4 September 2019 | Terms of reference for an EIS (![]() |
8 July to 2 August 2019 | Draft terms of reference (![]() |
14 May 2019 | Delegate for the Australian Minister for the Environment decided that the project is a 'controlled action' |
26 April 2019 | Gazettal of 'coordinated project' declaration (![]() |
February 2019 | Initial advice statement submitted (![]() |
Last updated: 19 Jun 2023