Traveston Crossing Dam Project - Stage 1

Project overview*

EIS status	'Coordinated project' declaration cancelled by Coordinator-General
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.
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.

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

Coordinator-General's report on EIS, October 2009
- Synopsis ( 99 KB)
- Full report ( 2.65 MB)
  The following information sheets summarise the key issues in the report:
  - Species ( 109 KB)
  - Habitat ( 121 KB)
  - Water ( 121 KB)
  - Land ( 131 KB)
  - Social and economic ( 92 KB)
  - Fishway and turtle passage ( 116 KB)
  - Next steps ( 105 KB)
Addendum to EIS, November 2007
- Addendum report ( 67 KB)
- Attachment 1 - Local government boundaries ( 427 KB)
- Attachment 2 - Shire of Noosa Strategic Planning Framework ( 756 KB)
- Attachment 3 - Local geology and structure ( 996 KB)
- Attachment 4 - Soils mapping ( 675 KB)
- Attachment 5 - Page 8-94 for insertion ( 589 KB)
- Attachment 6 - Figures 1a-7 ( 3.88 MB)
- Attachment 6 - Figures 8a-8f ( 2.37 MB)
- Attachment 6 - Figures 9a-9f ( 2.24 MB)
- Attachment 6 - Figures 10a-14 ( 4.60 MB)
- Attachment 7 - Dam wall: risk and opportunity assessment (part A) ( 682 KB)
- Attachment 7 - Dam wall: risk and opportunity assessment (part B) ( 644 KB)
- Attachment 8 - Supplementary technical report figures ( 3.05 MB)
- Attachment 9 - Pages for insertion following page 45 of consultation report ( 331 KB)
Environmental impact statement, October 2007
- EIS - Executive summary ( 3.33 MB)
- The Complete EIS is available at State Library of Queensland (record number: 783481)
Terms of reference for EIS ( 329 KB), August 2007
Addendum to IAS ( 55 KB), December 2006
Initial advice statement ( 416 KB), September 2006
- Figure 3.1 - Locality plan ( 434 KB)
- Figure 4.1 - Land tenure ( 967 KB)
- Figure 4.2 - Built infrastructure ( 854 KB)
- Figure 4.8 - Landform of proposed Traveston Crossing Dam ( 244 KB)
- Figure 4.9 - Agricultural soil suitability ( 377 KB)
- Figure 4.11 - Vegetation of proposed Traveston Crossing Dam ( 1.02 MB)

EIS process

Australian Government refusal

Commonwealth Minister for the Environment's refusal of 'controlled action'.

Last updated: 09 Nov 2021