Wybong Action Group Successes
Wybong Action Group - Our Successes to Date
- Resurfacing and replacement of guideposting on Ridgelands Road and Yarraman Road to approx Dry Creek Road
- WAG representatives selected to MSC Environment Committee, MacGen Community Consultative Committee,
- Recognition of Environmental Defenders Office, NSW Dept of Planning, Muswellbrook Shire Council & Xstrata Mangoola as a stakeholder organisation representing and comprising the remaining freehold resident landowners in the Xstrata-Mangoola Mine 'Management Zone' (July 2008)
- Submission in opposition to Skellatar Stock Route "Miners Estate" proposal, on planning and zoning grounds - (proposal to construct "Miners Estate" subsequently refused permission by Land & Environment Court)
- Muswellbrook Shire Council upgrading of Wybong Road at Roxburgh Hill (June 2009) after 3 consecutive years of council budget reallocations
- Muswellbrook Shire Council commitment in writing to retention of Wybong Road (Roxburgh Rd-Kayuga Rd) for continuing permanent public access [May-July 2009] after completion of Bengalla Link Road to Wybong Road extension (previous council policy was closure of Wybong Road [East])
- Load Restriction of Wybong Road (Roxburgh Rd-Kayuga Rd) to 14 tonne gross for safety and infrastructure purposes (allowing most existing use, agricultural and delivery traffic continued use but excluding most mine related heavy traffic to Bengalla Link Road) (previous council policy was closure of Wybong Road [East])
- Mangoola Coal Community Information Sessions held at all 3 venues in rotation - Denman Town Hall/RTC, Sandy Hollow Public Hall & Wybong Public Hall (previously Denman only)
- Submission to Xstrata Mangoola Proposed 500kV Transmission Line Relocation - Alternate Route proposed to avoid negative visual and fauna impacts
- Updating of the Early Works Traffic Management Plan [May 2009] (Insufficient community consultation on Wybong Road Upgrade detail eg road widths, construction techniques, intersection reconstruction and alignment, passing provision at CastleRock and Ridgelands Roads)
- Preparation and Updating to Mangoola Mine Construction Traffic Management Plan [Aug 2009].............
Still to achieve
- Burying the Skellatar Stock Route 'Miners Estate' once and for all.
- Dust and noise (existing pre-mine background) sampling in Brogheda area
- Discontinuance of Ridgelands Coal Exploration Area
- Review of Muswellbrook Local Environment Plan 2008 applicable to Wybong (Yarraman Crossing to Manobalai)
- Expansion of Manobalai Nature Reserve to include the Southern Crown Lands, South-Eastern Crown Lands, Wallaby Rocks, Limb of Addy Hill, Anvil Hill, Castle Rock, Black Jack Mountain and Crown Ridge lands.
- cessation of expansion of fossil fuel extraction and burning in Muswellbrook LGA and reduction globally