NTDG Informing the public
No Tillegra Dam Group (NTDG) held its first information booth at the Tillegra Bridge last weekend to inform locals and tourists of the proposed Tillegra Dam and about the NTDG’s campaign.The booth was a great success with many people, especially tourists keen to know about the proposed dam site and the changes the dam will have on the area.
“We chose the Tillegra Bridge location because it marks the site of the dam wall, should this proposal go ahead. It’s just a little wooden bridge crossing the Williams River in a beautiful rural setting. It’s hard to imagine, if you look up above the bridge, that there could be a dam wall 700 metres long and 80 metres high holding back a storage of water the size of Sydney Harbour. And then there’s the spillway, a large bulky structure, as well. This is not progress this is destruction on a ridiculous scale”, Chair of the No Tillegra Dam Group, Sally Corbett said.
NTDG will be holding another information booth at the Tillegra Bridge on the Australia Day Long Weekend, January 26, 27 and 28. The booth will give the public the chance to find out about the effects the dam will have on the local community, and the wider region due to river flow changes, the effects on the ecology of the river and surrounding areas and the political debate behind the proposal and the lack of consultation with the local community in the process.
The proposed site for Tillegra Dam is located approximately 230km north of Sydney on the Upper Williams Rivers in the Dungog Shire Council. The estimated cost of the dam’s construction is approximately $340 million however due to geological instabilities in the area this cost is set to rise considerably.
Interviews and high resolution images are available upon request.
Media contact: Caroline Neill Ryan 0413 765 138