But a massive amount of work is needed to prepare the landfill sites to receive the project’s soil. Construction alone would take six months and cost $100-$150 million at each site.
A separate source who is close to the project said no contract would be signed until a deal was reached on who would foot this bill.
Sunbury residents protest against plans to send contaminated soil to the Hi-Quality landfill in Bulla.
Credit:No Toxic Soil in Sunbury Facebook page
Chris O’Neill, a spokesman for community group Sunbury Against Toxic Soil, which opposes plans to send contaminated soil to Hi-Quality, called on the government to ensure no contracts were signed with landfill operators until after the legal cases were complete.
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Amendment C131 to regulate earthworks in Nillumbik’s green wedge
Clean fill dumping in the green wedge could soon be regulated if a proposed amendment to the Nillumbik Shire Planning Scheme is successful.
At Council’s request, the Victorian Planning Minister has authorised the preparation of Amendment C131Nill to the Planning Scheme to seek to regulate earthworks in the green wedge.
There is currently no one provision in Victorian Planning Schemes to regulate the deposit of clean fill on land, particularly in the peri-urban areas of Melbourne.
Amendment C131, which applies to the Green Wedge Zone and Rural Conservation Zone, requires a permit for earthworks involving the receipt, importation, stockpiling or placement of more than 100 cubic metres of fill.
Planning rules in airport flight path âoutdatedâ, expert, councils say
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Planning controls in suburbs surrounding Melbourne Airport are âtoo vagueâ and have allowed homes to be built in areas that are so noisy that a flight curfew might have to be introduced.
That is what expert town planner Michael Barlow has told a public inquiry while giving evidence on behalf of the airport, warning the stateâs current planning regime ignores many suburbs that were affected by aircraft noise, creating a âmisconceptionâ about the true extent of the problem.
A plane coming in to land at Melbourne Airport.