NSW dam projects in doubt amid cost blowouts and environmental concerns
by Anne Davies and Lisa Cox from World news | The Guardian on (#5RG3Z)
Wyangala and Mole River projects on hold and Warragamba raising under review, with new premier Dominic Perrottet open to alternatives
Two major dam projects in regional New South Wales have been indefinitely postponed because of massive cost blowouts, while the plan to raise the Warragamba dam wall west of Sydney is under review.
The Wyangala and Mole River projects were pre-election commitments made at the height of the drought and announced with much fanfare by the then NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro.
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