Current and upcoming activities

Find out what’s happening across our Borumba Project

Queensland Hydro is currently undertaking a range of activities to support the assessment and development of the proposed Borumba Project. This page provides the latest information about Project activities, investigations, studies and community updates, as well as notifications about works taking place in the Project area.

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Our focus

Queensland Hydro is continuing investigations, studies and planning activities to better understand the proposed Project area and inform future decision-making.

Current activities include exploratory works, environmental and technical investigations, project planning, design development and community engagement.

Information gathered through this work helps improve understanding of site conditions, environmental and cultural values, and opportunities to refine project design.

Current and upcoming activities

The following table provides details of activities occurring across the Project area.

Timeframe*WhereWorkWhat to expect
Ongoing throughout SeptemberNorthern haulage
route (via Imbil)		Oversize deliveries of
machinery to site
supporting interim civils
work		Oversize deliveries entering on approved
haulage routes with escort vehicles.
Changed traffic conditions including
temporary traffic control at times.
Imbil, Brooloo, and
Project site		Mobile laser scanning
by vehicle or light
aircraft		Vehicle travelling roads or air around Imbil,
Brooloo and surrounds.
Lake Borumba
Project site, along
waterways and in
local road reserves		Environmental
assessments and
compliance		Project officers collecting data either on foot
or in vehicles including water sampling,
taking still and video images, and mapping
vegetation.
Lake Borumba, ImbilInstallation of a
communications
antenna		Equipment installed on top of the Seqwater
hut at dam scenic lookout.
Project workers and light vehicles.
Localised noise, dust and vibration.
Bella Creek Road,
Imbil		Land (cadastral)
surveys		Surveyors installing survey points or
collecting data either on foot or in vehicles
with equipment.
Borumba Project site,
Jimna and Imbil		Planned bushfire
management burns		Smoke may be visible around Yielo Road,
Bella Creek Road and the Borumba Project
site at this time.
Residents, especially those with respiratory
conditions, are advised to stay indoors if
they notice smoke in the area.
In the unlikely event of an emergency
please follow instructions of the local
emergency services.
Notifications will be sent to neighbouring
properties 48 hours prior to burns
commencing.
Northern haulage
route (via Imbil):
Yabba Creek Road,
and Bella Creek
Road
Southern haulage
route (via Kilcoy):
Kilcoy Murgon Road,
Sunday Creek Road
and Yielo Road		Delivery of materials
and machinery to the
Project site supporting
interim civils work		Large flatbed trucks travelling along Kilcoy
Murgon Road, Sunday Creek Road and
Yielo Road.
Large flatbed trucks travelling along Yabba
Creek Road and Bella Creek Road.
Heavy vehicles (truck and dog) delivering
quarry materials to site.
Heavy vehicles (concrete trucks) delivering
concrete to the site.
Localised noise, dust and vibration.
Recommencing
late September		Lake Borumba, ImbilGeotechnical drillingGeotechnical drill vehicle, water trucks and
Light vehicles.
Localised noise, dust and vibration.
Project teams accessing locations using
existing tracks wherever possible, some
minor off tracks may be required.

*Timeframes subject to change pending weather and construction conditions

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