LDC, WRC to fund
washdown facility
DC, in partnership with the
L (WRC),
Whitundays Regional Council
has committed to fund a small
to safeguard farmers’ interests. The
LDC team and the Whitsunday Regional
Council are discussing the detail of the
vehicle community washdown facility in
proposal and works.
Collinsville worth about $10,000.
Because there isn’t a community
The commitment was a result of the
washdown bay in the BBB region, and
LDC and Burdekin Dry Tropics Regional
in the interests of working with the
Pest Management Group’s Pest Advisory whole community to achieve long-term
Forum held in Collinsville in March, where economic, social and environmental
graziers raised concerns about biosecurity benefits, LDC project managers sees this
as a much-needed and long-overdue
risks associated with outside bodies
facility.
accessing grazing land.
It will allow the WRC to start planning
They said laws for government
agencies and utility companies accessing immediately for a second washdown
facility for larger vehicles.
properties needed to be strengthened
Damien Tapiolas, Tapiolas Weed Control.
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