[Greens-Media] Keneally govt must put Tillegra plans on hold

[John Kaye]

Keneally govt must put Tillegra plans on hold
 
Media release: 19 May 2010
 
Greens NSW MP John Kaye welcomed the Liberal-National Party to the campaign to stop Tillegra Dam and called on the Keneally government to put its plans on hold until after the next election.
 
Commenting on the Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell's comment in today's Newcastle Herald (http://bit.ly/nh100519), Dr Kaye said: "The Keneally government is now isolated in its support for the $477 million dam on the Williams River near Dungog.
 
"The community is very concerned that Hunter Water will sign contracts with construction companies in what is likely to be the dying days of the NSW Labor government.
 
"By the time the planning process is completed the Keneally government will effectively be in caretaker mode.
 
"It will lack the moral authority to sign contracts and lock the community and the in-coming government into a dam that is strongly opposed.
 
"Even by Hunter Water's deeply flawed and biased projections, delaying the dam by six months will make no difference to the long term water security of the Hunter.
 
"Premier Keneally must step in and put the planning process on hold. 
 
"Her government has no right to lock the community into a dam that is now opposed by the Liberals, the Nationals, the Greens and a growing majority of the community.
 
"Tillegra is completely unnecessary, expensive and damaging. It will be a $477 million drain on the region's economy," Dr Kaye said.
 

For more information: John Kaye 0407 195 455 
 
 
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John Kaye
Greens member of the NSW Parliament
phone: (02) 9230 2668
fax: (02) 9230 2586
mobile: 0407 195 455
email: john.kaye at parliament.nsw.gov.au
web: www.johnkaye.org.au
 
mail: Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000