A woodchip export development expected to transport 500,000 tonnes of woodchips each year, described as a Marine Bulk Loading Facility, is proposed for Waterloo Bay on the Huon River.

Four very large barges would be permanently moored in Waterloo Bay, each being loaded with 10,000 tonnes of woodchip. A bulk woodchip carrier is to moor at Dover or Southport and the uncovered barges make their way downriver where a total load of 40,000 tonnes would be transhipped to the woodchip carrier in the Channel. Other potential materials include whole logs, construction aggregate, dolomite, and mining products.

This has potential impacts on the waterway, on other businesses, and on residents, as well as for the future of the southern forests. Next to Surges Bay and opposite Petcheys Bay it will be visible up and down the Huon. Noise, road use by heavy truck traffic, safety, loss of public open space, and conflict with a clean and green developmental direction are all at issue.

These meetings have been organised by a coalition of concerned residents.

Dover: Wednesday 5th November, Old School Gallery, 7-8.30pm

Cygnet: Thursday 6th November, Supper Room, 7-8.30 pm
Peg Putt