Subscribe to RSS feedPort Botany expansion ticks environmental box
Port Botany's $1bn container terminal expansion, now in its second year, has passed its first annual environmental audit, New South Wales ports minister Joe Tripodi said.
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The independent audit, which was conducted over six days during May, found that the terminal had exceeded a host of compliance requirements, which included standards set by the minister and the environment and climate change department.
"This approval shows significant progress has been achieved without any major impact on the local environment," he said.
But the Greens remained dissatisfied, calling on the state government to cut the number of trucks at the port.
Construction in the past year included more than 3.4m cubic metres of reclamation for the new terminal and the completion of the first set of 640 tonne counterforts, Sydney Ports Corporation said.
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