{"id":11768,"date":"2021-06-15T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=11768"},"modified":"2021-06-15T13:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:01:01","slug":"more-than-100-million-to-remediate-mine-sites-in-regional-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/06\/15\/more-than-100-million-to-remediate-mine-sites-in-regional-nsw\/","title":{"rendered":"More than $100 million to remediate mine sites in regional NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regional communities will benefit from the NSW Government announcing it will invest $107.7 million as part of its Legacy Mines program in the 2021-22 Budget to remediate historic and abandoned mine sites across the state.
\nDeputy Premier John Barilaro and Member for the Upper Hunter Dave Layzell today visited a recently rehabilitated mine site at the Mount Thorley\/Warkworth Mine in Singleton where they made the announcement.
\nMr Barilaro said mining continues to drive prosperity in NSW and remedying legacy mine projects of the past while developing the mining projects of tomorrow will accelerate economic growth, support jobs and ensure mining communities remain great places to live and work.
\n\u201cRegional communities were built on the back of mining projects, but these legacy mines were operating at a different time, well before the procedures and requirements we have today for managing chemical use and rehabilitation were put in place,\u201d Mr Barilaro said.
\n\u201cThis significant funding boost will allow major remediation works to be completed across ten years at abandoned mine sites, primarily in locations where production ceased between 50 and 100 years ago \u2013 in places like Captains Flat and sites in the Central West and Northern Tablelands.
\n\u201cIntensive remediation at these locations will increase safety, reduce impacts to the environment, and reinvigorate land for other possible uses, such as for community parklands, to create tourist attractions, or accommodate select business operations.\u201d
\nMr Layzell said while remediation works have been completed at many sites over the years through the Legacy Mines program, the additional funding will make a real difference to communities in proximity to higher risk legacy mines.
\n\u201cAs someone who comes from an electorate built on mining at a time when we\u2019re fortunate to have safeguards in place to protect people and the environment, I know this will help people feel more confident about living and working around legacy mines,\u201d Mr Layzell said.
\n\u201cMany people who live in these communities will know about the long and proud local mining history in their town, but I know confirmation of further work to rehabilitate land will provide greater certainty about their wellbeing, the value of their land, and the future of the region they love.\u201d
\nFor further information about the NSW Government\u2019s Legacy Mines program, visit:\u00a0https:\/\/www.resourcesandgeoscience.nsw.gov.au\/landholders-and-community\/minerals-and-coal\/legacy-mines-program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regional communities will benefit from the NSW Government announcing it will invest $107.7 million as part of its Legacy Mines program in the 2021-22 Budget to remediate historic and abandoned mine sites across the state. Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Member for the Upper Hunter Dave Layzell today visited a recently rehabilitated mine site at … Continue reading “More than $100 million to remediate mine sites in regional NSW”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}