Site visits to inform final planning and environment submissions

Recently, members of our Planning and Environment and Engineering teams visited sites along the proposed route for stage 1 of the NWTD. The purpose of the site visits was to inspect areas with complex requirements, such as sites with registered artefacts/heritage listed structures, landslip prone areas, rail crossings, access tracks, and bridges (both under and over).

It was invaluable for the Planning and Environment team to be able to put the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Development Application (DA) into context, as they were able to see the sites firsthand, discuss complexities with our engineers and consider possible solutions.

The knowledge and understanding gained from the visits will feed into the final edits of the EIS/DA and support community consultation sessions, planned prior to submission.