Bungendore HQ gets green light

CONSTRUCTION of the new Headquarters Joint Operations Command facility near Bungendore has been given environmental approval.

The approval requires that a number of important environmental aspects relating to traffic and water-balance management be satisfactorily addressed.

Studies have indicated there will be bigger traffic impacts than predicted, and the project office and local roads authorities are investigating ways to reduce them.

Water supply for the new headquarters will be drawn from a balance of rainwater, stormwater, recycled water and extracted groundwater from bores on the site. The project has a water-balance strategy that is designed to minimise the use of groundwater.

The approval requires a strategy be developed if groundwater monitoring indicates an adverse impact on the aquifer.

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