THE NEW South Government’s decision to remove the curfew on coal trucks travelling to Port Kembla Coal Terminal has sparked controversy.
Since 1982, coal-truck deliveries in Wollongong had been restricted to between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday.
Residents say that they are outraged over the new arrangement which they argue will worsen road safety, raise noise levels during the night and expand coal production when we should be phasing it out to avert climate change.
The Port Kembla Coal Terminal will now be able to get 7.5 million tonnes of coal trucked in each year. The government has indicated this may rise even more to about 10 million tonnes.
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