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This wetland at James Creek, just near the Harwood Bridge, is frequented by Black-necked Stork (or Jabiru) and Brolga. The Stork is Endangered and the Brolga is Vulnerable under the Threatened Species Conservation Act (1995). Both are threatened further by a Development Application currently before Clarence Valley Council.
The DA is for a concrete batching plant on land zoned 1(a) Rural (Agricultural protection). The previous plant on the site has been deemed to be ‘operational’ despite not having operated for over twenty years. It would take a couple of QCs considerable time and effort to argue that twenty years of idleness constitutes ‘continuous use’ – but that’s just what they’ve done!
Gary Whale, Yamba
The DA is for a concrete batching plant on land zoned 1(a) Rural (Agricultural protection). The previous plant on the site has been deemed to be ‘operational’ despite not having operated for over twenty years. It would take a couple of QCs considerable time and effort to argue that twenty years of idleness constitutes ‘continuous use’ – but that’s just what they’ve done!
Gary Whale, Yamba
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Photographs courtesy of Helen Roberts
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3 comments:
So, a batching plant! Having worked on one a few years ago in Antarctica I can assure you that anything within 1km is going to be either damaged or wiped out eventually. Some people just can't understand that protecting our environment now means a better environment for future generations.
Allen Rooke
Technical Specialist/International Trainer
World Food Programme FITTEST
Dubai U.A.E.
Vague information about the concrete batching plants. They are very useful in the construction of huge buildings and roads.
If "Concrete Batching Plants" had bothered to actually read the over 3 year-old post and links he/she would have seen the information was anything but vague and, his/her futile attempt to promote their business was not well thought through.
Greaves Cotton Ltd of Mumbai, India' is obviously a firm with little social media sense.
Otherwise it would not have drawn attention to the Indian construction industry:
https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&as_q=building+collapse+due+to+faulty+construction&as_epq=india&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights=
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