GVK Hancock advances development of 310 Km Galilee Basin rail line

19 Sep 2014 Evaluate

GVK Hancock has commenced a ‘Material Change of Use’ application for the approximate 310 kilometers (Km) of its rail corridor in the initial phase, following years of extensive planning and hydrological assessments in development of infrastructure to connect its Galilee Basin coal deposits with export markets. The development of the Galilee Basin will give Queensland, one of the most significant pieces of regional and economic development and this application will allow meeting all regulatory requirements to support such a significant development.

The ‘Material Change of Use’ (MCU) application is the next step to finalise planning for this significant rail infrastructure development and it follows on from the grant by State environmental approval which it received in May 2012, Federal environmental approval in August 2012 and of Galilee Basin State Development Area in June 2014. As part of the MCU application, GVK Hancock will continue to work with the landholders to ensure detailed planning, which has been presented to each specific property in the past and it will give access to homesteads, stock feeding areas and water supply.

Till date, the project team has undertaken an extensive assessment of the landholder engagement process for infrastructure along with approval of rail corridor connecting the southern end of the Galilee Basin with export markets. The broad range of environmental and hydrological assessments contributed to the collaboration of an Environment Impact Statement (EIS), a Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and an Addendum to the SEIS for the proposed rail infrastructure.

These assessments have been taken into consideration with an unavoidable fact that any rail line from the southern end of the Galilee Basin to the coast must traverse through the flood plains of the Belyando and its tributaries at some stage.

GVK Hancock is a joint venture combining the strong energy and infrastructure portfolio of one of India’s leading business groups in GVK, with one of Australia’s leading resource companies Hancock Prospecting, which has a proud history of resource and economic development in regional Australia.

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