Documents Relating To Brisbane Airport New Parallel Runway - EPBC 2005/2095.

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Brisbane Airport Corporation's EPBC Act referral (2005/2095) for construction of a new parallel runway includes extraction of approximately 15 million cubic metres of sand from Middle Banks in Moreton Bay, located 20 nautical miles from the airport site covering 15 km². The project involves dredging sand via prescribed channels (Entrance Channel and East Channel), transporting material by barge to delivery points including Juno Point at the Brisbane River mouth, and constructing a new runway west and parallel to the existing runway with associated taxiways and infrastructure. The airport forecasted capacity constraints by 2012, prompting the expansion requiring opposite direction parallel runway operations as the preferred operational mode. The referral documents the sand extraction location, barge transport routes, and delivery site options as core project components subject to EPBC environmental assessment.