Economic backwater threat
The Victorian Transport Association has told the state government that the dangers of avoiding channel deepening at the port of Melbourne and its approaches, far outweigh the risks of doing so.
The VTA is fearful Melbourne will be bypassed by ship operators and the state will become an economic “backwater” if the deepening to allow deeper-draught vessels does not proceed.
The association highlighted the negative impacts of stalling on the project in a submission commenting on the Port Philip Bay Channel Deepening Supplementary Environment Effects Statement (SEES).
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