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Future of rail corridor gets councillors fired up

The mayor said he could “smell the council election coming up” when one councillor suggested studies were slanted.

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01st March 2021 12:03 AM

The not for profit Byron Bay Railroad Co. was been set up to ferry passengers from the Byron town centre to nearby northern beaches, and has become the world’s first "solar powered" train. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Crackdown after reports of children playing on railway lines

Police will increase patrols and issue on the spot fines to anyone not authorised to be in the area.

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12th Oct. 2020 11:10 AM

Anti-Adani protester charged after allegedly blocking road

The protesters allegedly threw rocks and kicked work vehicles at the construction site.

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08th Oct. 2020 4:10 PM

An environmental activist has disrupted work on Adani's Carmichael rail corridor October 8 near the Suttor River. Photo: contributed

A look at new transport corridor from Ipswich to Springfield

Ipswich City Council will campaign for a 25km public transport corridor connecting two of the region’s major centres.

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22nd July 2020 10:07 AM

Miranda Hackwill of Springfield Lakes with Emily, 6. Pic by Sarah Keayes

Protester locks on at Adani rail site

Group disrupts work at Central Queensland rail corridor for Adani project

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17th Dec. 2019 9:12 AM

New South Wales woman Kit Tomlinson has locked on to a gate on the Adani rail corridor.

Major rail projects create 330 jobs around Toowoomba

MAJOR rail projects worth almost $305 million are driving a regional rail jobs boom across Queensland, with 330 jobs...

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15th Sept. 2019 7:09 AM

Rail corridor will 'get tourists off Byron beaches'

BYRON mayor says a multi-use project on the rail corridor could be the "game-changer” of the shire.

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28th June 2019 12:06 PM

RAIL POSSIBLE: Sections of the Tweed to Byron Rail trail line.

Rail link a priority to maintain region's quality of life

In the most significant push to date, Ipswich City Council has commissioned a study into the need for a Springfield to...

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15th March 2019 1:03 AM

Asbestos discovered near rail corridor

COUNCIL say the contamination poses no immediate health risk.

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15th Nov. 2018 5:11 PM

Byron Shire Council has discovered asbestos in a small area to the south of the Butler Street drain. They say it poses no immediate danger to the public.

'Major breakthrough' announced for rail trail

The Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail committee is celebrating a major development in its campaign to transform the region's...

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19th Sept. 2018 10:09 AM

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