Consulting the community a ‘waste of time’, Victoria’s EPA told state ombudsman

Report into contaminated soil at site of West Gate Tunnel finds environmental watchdog did its job, but failed to convince the community

Victoria’s environmental watchdog failed to engage with communities when approving locations to dump contaminated soil from the troubled West Gate Tunnel Project, the state’s ombudsman has found.

The multi-billion-dollar tunnel, which will be an alternative to the city’s heavily congested West Gate Bridge, was originally scheduled to be completed by September this year.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/31/consulting-the-community-a-waste-of-time-victorias-epa-told-state-ombudsman

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