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Moura Link-Aldoga Rail Project

Project overview*

EIS status	Approved with conditions
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 (Aurizon)
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

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

Coordinator-General's report on EIS ( 1.17 MB), October 2009
Environmental impact statement, June 2008
- EIS
- Complete EIS available at State Library of Queensland (record number: 799007)
Terms of reference for the project ( 709 KB), March 2008
Initial advice statement ( 1.89 MB), September 2007
- Appendix A - Ecological searches
  - EPBC Protected Matters Report and EPA Wildlife Online Extract ( 199 KB)
  - Essential Habitat Mapping ( 1.21 MB)
  - 2003 Regional Ecosystem Map ( 1.32 MB)
- Appendix B: Castle Hope Dam inundation area ( 801 KB)
- Appendix C: QR environmental policy ( 25 KB)

EIS process

Read more about the EIS process.

Last updated: 09 Nov 2021