Public consultation period for the revised draft Environmental Impact Statement
Public consultation for Inland Rail’s NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie revised draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ran from Monday 12 May 2025 to Monday 4 August 2025 — a period of 12-weeks.
You can still view the revised draft EIS via the Coordinator-General’s website.
The revised draft EIS responds to:
- submissions received during public notification of the draft EIS in 2021
- new data collected through site investigations and environmental surveys
- further consultation with key stakeholders including government agencies, landowners and communities.
Read about next steps for the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie project.
Summary of Findings
This summary of findings was prepared to give communities an outline of the revised draft EIS and to support engagement with stakeholders during the revised draft EIS’s public consultation period, which ran from Monday 12 May 2025 to Monday 4 August 20205 for a period of 12 weeks.
Assessment outcomes, mitigation approaches and conclusions are provided for the relevant environmental, social and economic impacts, as presented in the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie revised draft EIS.
The revised draft EIS and its accompanying technical reports, along with all submissions received during the consultation period, are considered by the Office of the Coordinator-General.
Translation services and literacy support
If you need help with reading the document, or if English is your second language, please call 131 450. This is a free service.
What will the Border to Gowrie section look like?
To get a sense of what your community will look like based on current proposed designs of the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie section, check out our visualisations.
Please note that the visualisations are for illustrative purposes only, not to scale and should not be considered as final designs.
This video illustrates what the NSW/ Qld Border to Gowrie section could look like when completed.
The fly-through video is for illustration purposes only and for discussion and community consultation. It should not be considered as the final design.
Talk to the Inland Rail team
If you would like to contact Inland Rail’s NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie team, you can either call, send an email or visit one of our offices. We also hold regular events across the region, and you’re welcome to subscribe to our enewsletter.
| Phone | 1800 732 761 during business hours or leave a message and we'll get back to you. |
| inlandrailqld@inlandrail.com.au | |
| Inland Rail Pty Ltd, PO Box 3093, Toowoomba, QLD 4350 | |
| Visit us at these locations: | |
| Toowoomba | 143-145 Margaret Street, Monday to Friday, 8.30am-4.30pm |
| Goondiwindi | 28 Marshall Street, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10am-2pm |
