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Alarm bells are ringing for five key Lockyer Valley towns as details of the Inland Rail project come to light.
A good night’s sleep will be hard to come by for 4500 homes between Grantham, Helidon, Laidley, Forest Hill and Gatton, a study has found.
A draft environmental impact statement has revealed noise from the double-stacked freight trains will impact 175 houses.
But that number is expected to soar as the population continues to boom, with the World Health Organisation predicting 4500 homes by 2040.
Lockyer mayor Tanya Milligan said the impact of the Helidon to Calvert line would be “devastating for many in the region”.