Consultation

We are committed to working with property owners and stakeholders in communities along the project alignment to receive their feedback as we progress our planning.

Since the Focused Area of Investigation was identified, we have been meeting with local communities, landowners and stakeholders who may experience impacts associated with Inland Rail to discuss next steps.

In June 2021 we shared our findings, discussed potential impacts and proposed mitigations of our proposed reference design with the communities along the alignment. We’ve received a lot of valuable feedback to date and will continue to gather feedback as part of the project approvals processes.

As a result of community consultation, the proposed reference design offers improved environmental and cultural outcomes such as reducing the impact on established vegetation, including threated ecological communities, and preserving and protecting an identified scar tree. There are also improved safety benefits from the design with a road realignment creating a grade separation, upgrades to a current level crossing and removing the need for an additional level crossing.

We have also addressed flooding concerns through a detailed hydrology study that has had vast community input. 

The Environmental Impact Statement public exhibition concluded on 26 October 2022.

Consultation events

There are currently no upcoming consultation events.