RESIDENTS living near the proposed Inland Rail route say environmental impacts of the project will not be adequately considered by authorities.
They are furious their concerns about the environmental impact - including wildlife stress, noise, dust, vibration and pollution - of the Kaguru to Acacia Ridge and Bromelton section could fall on deaf ears.
Their angst comes after the Australian Rail Track Corporation announced the section running through western Logan would not be a co-ordinated project.
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That type of project requires a rigorous envionmental impact assessment process.
The Queensland co-ordinator general's office wrote to Logan City Council with the news last week.
"The ARTC will now work with the Department of Transport and Main Roads to determine the approvals pathway for the project," the letter read.
Forestdale couple Stan and Suz Corbett, who run the Inland Rail Action Group, said they had fought for an EIS for years on behalf of their neighbours.
"It would give the community an opportunity to have their say," Mrs Corbett said.
"We have no control over this project now."
Possums, koalas, quolls and birds in the area would be impacted.
Mr Corbett said he was also worried about the financial burden of falling property values on residents.
"People bought here in good faith, thinking nothing would happen," he said.
"The house prices could fall through the floor."
Mr Corbett said his property had already had structural damage from the vibrations caused by freight trains and the XPT passenger service passing.
He feared further damage from higher, heavier and faster trains from the Inland Rail project.
Mrs Corbett said some neighbours were not aware of how their lives would be impacted.
"They have no idea of the enormity of this," she said.
An ARTC spokesman said the corporation requested the project be declared a co-ordinated project in February 2019.
"ARTC was advised on 14 April, 2021 that the decision handed down by the C-oordinator General is to not declare the K2ARB section of Inland Rail a coordinated project.
"We understand this is because the project does not satisfy all factors that can be taken into consideration under the act by the Coordinator General in deciding whether or not to grant a project-coordinated status," the spokesman said..
"ARTC remains committed to working closely and collaboratively with our key stakeholders and local communities involved in the Inland Rail project."
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