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Port of Gladstone Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channel Duplication Project

Status

Approved with conditions

Jobs

386 (construction) + 23 (operational)

Investment

$760 million

Project overview*

EIS status	Approved with conditions
Description	Duplication of the existing Gatcombe and Golding Cutting shipping channels to allow for improved two-way passage by deepening and widening the existing channels. This will allow passage for larger vessels under all weather and tidal conditions.
Proponent	Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited
Location/s	Port of Gladstone. Find this and other projects on our map.
Local government/s	Gladstone Regional Council
Investment	$760 million
Key features	dredging works to deepen and widen the existing channels to a depth of approximately 16.1 m, a width of 200 m and a total length of approximately 15 km dredging a total of 12.85 million cubic metres capital dredged material would be beneficially reused to create reclamation areas for potential future port infrastructure.
Jobs	386 full time equivalent (FTE) jobs (construction) 23 FTE jobs (operational)

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

Date	Activity
24 December 2020	Commonwealth Minister for the Environment’s approval of 'controlled action', subject to conditions.
8 July 2020	Coordinator-General’s report on the final EIS ( 9.8 MB) released
30 September 2019	The Coordinator-General accepted the draft EIS as the final EIS.
25 September 2019	The proponent lodged a revised draft EIS.
12 August to 30 August 2019	Targeted consultation on the preliminary revised draft EIS with other government agencies.
9 July 2019	Additional information to the EIS requested by the Coordinator-General.
8 April 2019 to 23 May 2019	Draft EIS public consultation: Draft EIS -Executive Summary Complete draft EIS
26 September 2018	Coordinator-General extended the project declaration lapse date to 30 September 2019.
22 September 2017	Coordinator-General extended the project declaration lapse date to 28 September 2018.
23 May 2016	Coordinator-General extended the project declaration lapse date to 30 September 2017.
2 December 2014	Coordinator-General extended the project declaration lapse date to 8 June 2016.
8 December 2012	Terms of reference for EIS ( 532 KB) released.
23 October 2012	Project deemed a 'controlled action' by Commonwealth Minister for the Environment.
6 October 2012 to 5 November 2012	Draft terms of reference for EIS public consultation.
26 September 2012	Project referred to Commonwealth Minister for the Environment.
25 September 2012	Gazettal of 'coordinated project' declaration ( 119 KB)
21 September 2012	Application, including initial advice statement ( 3 MB), submitted.

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Environmental impact statement documents

If you have difficulty downloading documents, please email gladstoneduplication@coordinatorgeneral.qld.gov.au

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Chapters

Chapter 1 – Introduction ( 812 KB)
Chapter 2 – Project description ( 45 KB)
Chapter 3 – Land use and tenure ( 19 KB)
Chapter 4 – Visual amenity ( 248 KB)
Chapter 5 – Topography, geology and soils ( 83 KB)
Chapter 6 – Sediment Quality ( 68 KB)
Chapter 7 – Coastal processes and hydrodynamics ( 152 KB)
Chapter 8 – Water quality ( 1.3 MB)
Chapter 9 – Nature conservation ( 23.8 MB)
Chapter 10 – Water resources ( 10 MB)
Chapter 11 – Climate change and climate change assessment ( 304 KB)
Chapter 12 – Air quality and greenhouse gas assessment ( 300 KB)
Chapter 13 – Noise and vibration ( 468 KB)
Chapter 14 – Waste ( 20 KB)
Chapter 15 – Transport ( 265 KB)
Chapter 16 – Aboriginal cultural heritage ( 49 KB)
Chapter 17 – Non-aboriginal cultural heritage ( 218 KB)
Chapter 18 – Social impact assessment ( 224 KB)
Chapter 19 – Economics ( 245 KB)
Chapter 20 – Hazard and risk ( 19 KB)
Chapter 21 – Cumulative impact assessment ( 263 KB)
Chapter 22 – Environmental management plan ( 19 KB)
Chapter 23 – Conclusion ( 134 KB)
Chapter 24 – References ( 92 KB)

Appendices

Appendix A – EIS submission analysis register for proponent ( 353 KB)
Appendix B – EPBC Act EIS process submission ( 317 KB)
Appendix C – Revised DMPOI report ( 22.5 MB)
Appendix D – Coastal processes and hydrodynamics ( 50.4 MB)
Appendix E1 – Potential impacts and risk assessment methodology ( 275 KB)
Appendix E2 – Potential Project impact on threatening processes for conservation significant species and migratory species and threatened ecological communities ( 455 KB)
Appendix E3 – Ecology potential impacts and risk assessment ratings ( 678 KB)
Appendix E4 – Channel duplication project draft offset strategy ( 7.6 MB)
Appendix F – Dredging environmental management plan ( 2.7 MB)
Appendix G – Project environmental management plan ( 2.7 MB)
Appendix H – Environmental monitoring procedure ( 4.6 MB)
Appendix I – EIS commitments ( 362 KB)
Appendix J – Preliminary draft social impact management plan ( 532 KB)

Chapters

Chapter 00a – Cover & contents ( 681 KB)
Chapter 00b – Executive summary ( 826 KB)
Chapter 01 – Introduction ( 6.7 MB)
Chapter 02 – Project description ( 18.8 MB)
Chapter 03 – Land use and tenure ( 4.7 MB)
Chapter 04 – Visual amenity ( 20.8 MB)
Chapter 05 – Topography, geology and soils ( 6.2 MB)
Chapter 06 – Sediment quality ( 3.6 MB)
Chapter 07 – Coastal processes and hydrodynamics ( 5.4 MB)
Chapter 08 – Water quality ( 10.2 MB)
Chapter 09 – Nature conservation ( 69 MB)
Chapter 10 – Water resources ( 2.1 MB)
Chapter 11 – Climate and climate change assessment ( 3.6 MB)
Chapter 12 – Air quality and GHG assessment ( 11.5 MB)
Chapter 13 – Noise and vibration ( 3.6 MB)
Chapter 14 – Waste ( 1.5 MB)
Chapter 15 – Transport ( 2.8 MB)
Chapter 16 – Aboriginal cultural heritage ( 5.4 MB)
Chapter 17 – Non-Aboriginal cultural heritage ( 4.8 MB)
Chapter 18 – Social impact assessment ( 7.2 MB)
Chapter 19 – Economics ( 1.3 MB)
Chapter 20 – Hazard and risk ( 2.2 MB)
Chapter 21 – Cumulative impact assessment ( 1.5 MB)
Chapter 22 – Environmental management plans ( 1 MB)
Chapter 23 – Conclusion ( 1.4 MB)
Chapter 24 – References ( 1.2 MB)

Appendices

Appendix A1 – Terms of reference for an EIS ( 928 KB)
Appendix A2 – Guidelines for an EIS ( 738 KB)
Appendix A3 – TOR for an EIS SDPWO Act cross referencing table ( 1 MB)
Appendix A4 – Guidelines for an EIS EPBC Act cross referencing table ( 666 MB)
Appendix B1 – Supplementary DMPOI Study ( 4.7 MB)
Appendix B2 – DMPOI Report Rev5 ( 97 MB)
Appendix C – Project EIS Team ( 653 KB)
Appendix D – Independent Review of WB bund wall Findings and Recommendations ( 453 MB)
Appendix E1 – Channel Duplication Final Geotechnical Report ( 36.9 MB)
Appendix E2 – DMPA and Western Basin - Final Geotechnical Report Rev 1 ( 35.6 MB)
Appendix E3 – Geotechnical Investigation Factual Report Channel Duplication ( 2.9 MB)
Appendix E4 – Channel duplication sampling and analysis plan implementation area to be dredged ( 82 MB)
Appendix E5 – Sediment Characterisation Plan Implementation Report ( 76 MB)
Appendix E6 – SAP Implementation Report – Barge access channel Rev 2 ( 9.3 MB)
Appendix E7 – Bund Wall Material Sourcing Strategy ( 11.3 MB)
Appendix F – Photomontages ( 26.8 MB)
Appendix G – Coastal Processes and Hydrodynamics Technical Report ( 116 MB)
Appendix H1 – Water Quality Technical Report ( 34 MB)
Appendix H2 – Time series, BPAR and sedimentation ( 2.2 MB)
Appendix I1 – Ecology Technical Report ( 162 MB)
Appendix I2 – Potential impacts and risk assessment methodology ( 744 KB)
Appendix I3 – Threatening processes for conservation significant species ( 867 KB)
Appendix I4 – Ecology potential impacts and risk assessment ratings ( 1 MB)
Appendix J – Air Quality Emissions Data ( 839 KB)
Appendix K1 – Terrestrial Noise and Vibration Technical Report ( 18 MB)
Appendix K2 - Underwater Noise Technical Report ( 10 MB)
Appendix L – Pavement Impact Assessment ( 431 KB)
Appendix M – Cultural Heritage Protocol ( 2.9 MB)
Appendix N1 – Social infrastructure, facilities and services inventory ( 544 KB)
Appendix N2 – Engagement Report ( 1.6 MB)
Appendix N3 – Preliminary Draft SIMP ( 919 KB)
Appendix P – Cumulative Impact Assessment Technical Report ( 3.9 MB)
Appendix Q1 – Dredging Environmental Management Plan ( 5.1 MB)
Appendix Q2 – Project Environmental Management Plan ( 4.8 MB)
Appendix Q3 – Environmental monitoring procedure ( 7.4 MB)
Appendix Q4 – Draft EIS commitments ( 726 KB)

Further information

For more information, visit the Gladstone Ports Corporation website.

Last updated: 3 March 2026