The Mary River Coordinating Group spent the afternoon celebrating

La noticia tiene relevancia y es comparativo a lo que ocurre con el mega
proyecto de la
Central Hidroeléctrica del Inambari

Edgardo Alarcón PhD.
Environmental Geocientist.

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(AAP : Petrina Berry)

Communities near the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam are rejoicing after Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced he would not let the controversial project go ahead.

Mr Garret says the project, near Gympie in south-east Queensland, cannot go ahead because of risks to the environment.

David Patten, who helped lead the dam protest, says he has been in tears and is struggling to come to terms with the Federal Government's decision.

"I'm still having trouble understanding or believing that he said no," Mr Patten said.

"It was the decision that had to be made - all the scientific evidence said no - the engineering of it said no from day one. You don't build a bloody dam in a saucer."

Queensland Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce says Mr Garrett's decision is a great relief to the people of the Mary River and the Sunshine Coast.

"Now hopefully we can get the people of the Mary River back to some sense of normalcy in their life," he said.

"It has been absolutely obnoxious the way that [Queensland Premier] Anna Bligh has carried on, the way she has held these people to ransom.

"It was going to be a complete financial disaster from the word go - it would have been of little or no consequence to the water issues of south-east Queensland."

Federal Nationals leader Warren Truss, who is also the local member for Wide Bay, says Mary Valley residents will be relieved.

"The local community has gone through three-and-a-half years of hell; their lives have been disrupted, properties resumed, people have wondered what the future would hold," he said.

"Now at last the region can get on with planning for the future with a degree of confidence."