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Steve Robertson | CREWS were expected to be still at work today at the Port of Portland cleaning up a spill of hot liquid pitch that began escaping from an insulated storage tank on Saturday afternoon. The CFA was called at about 2.45pm on Saturday after an outlet pipe attached to a 4000 tonne tank ruptured, allowing the pitch to leak into a bund. Firefighters and a hazmat unit from Warrnambool poured thousands of litres of cold water onto the hot pitch oozing … Continue reading 1 Comment
Steve Robertson | Levings: parking pressure only 16 days a year, meaning … OPPONENTS of Glenelg Shire Council’s plan to partially fill in the foreshore lagoon have ramped up their campaign against the proposal, arguing there are only 16 days in a year … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by TIANA RICHARDSON AND STEVE ROBERTSON THE waters became murkier this week in the on-going dispute over filling in Portland’s foreshore lagoon, with prospects that two more state agencies might become involved in the fracas. Opponents of the … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by AMI HUMPAGE MEMBERS of the Portland Professional Fishermen’s Association have petitioned the State Government, stating they will not be forcibly relocated from the Fishermen’s Wharf to the public space off Henty Beach. The petition, delivered to Environment … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by BILL MELDRUM THE Department of Sustainability and Environment is hoping construction work for the trawler wharf redevelopment will start in July-August this year. DSE representative Jo Connellan told a workshop on the redevelopment project in Portland on … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by BILL MELDRUM STRONG fears are emerging the State Government is set to renege on its commitment to the much vaunted north-west corner proposal for Portland harbour. It follows the release of Department of Sustainability and Environment plans … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by BILL MELDRUM THE Glenelg Shire Council has moved to allay community fears that consultants Beca may not be following due process on the Portland Bay Coastal Infrastructure Plan. A council spokesperson said the consultation process was ongoing … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by BILL MELDRUM ANGRY commercial fishermen are considering an offshore blockade of the Port of Portland as part of a community push to secure development of the harbour’s north-west corner. The proposal was one of several mentioned as … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by JASON WALLACE LOBSTER fishermen are prepared to take legal action if they are forced to move to the west of the trawler wharf. Portland Professional Fishermen’s Association secretary Andrew Levings said lobster fishermen would refuse to relocate … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by JASON WALLACE THE community campaign to develop wharves in the north-west corner of the harbour stepped up this week with a host of Portland organisations voicing support for the proposal. Port Users Stakeholder Group chair Bill Sharrock … Continue reading
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