Hedland development plan unveiled
BHP Billiton is seeking government approvals for the comprehensive development of its outer harbour facility in Port Hedland, which includes landside infrastructure and marine development.
The plans are for a 4km access jetty and 2km wharf to the north of Finucane Island. Jetty conveyors will move ore material from a station on the island to a transfer deck, then on to the wharf conveyors and into four shiploaders servicing eight shiploading berths.
The mining company is also seeking approval for a plan to allow the passage of recreational water craft under the elevated jetty trestle at controlled locations.
The project, which will require dredging to create new berth pockets, basins, channels and links to the existing navigation will create 54m cubic metres of dredged material.
Further, the development will require extensive material handling infrastructure and hinterland links along a proposed infrastructure corridor which will extend from the stockyards at Boodarie to the jetty on the northern shore of Finucane Island, crossing a creek via an elevated causeway.
The PER/Draft EIS will be available for public comment for a period of eight weeks.
