Widening Cathedral Highway will disrupt wildlife corridor & kill tourist icon
The Department of Main Roads should put aside its plans to widen the beautiful “Cathedral Highway” that runs between Geham and Hampton, just north of Toowoomba, on the grounds that it is likely to kill hundreds of native animals.
These beautiful trees are habitat to bandicoots, echidnas and wallabies.
Clearing 1400 trees along this highway will also destroy the homes of a
great variety of birds including the red-tailed black cockatoo. The area is an important wildlife habitat owing to the diverse age structure of the highway woodland which ranges in age from saplings to over-mature trees with rotting branches and hollows, ideal for birds and animals.
I am also concerned about local rumours that the main reason for
the highway widening is for the convenience of large double-trailer coal
trucks.
I am presenting a list of alternatves to the Mains Road Minister, Craig Wallace, and am hopeful of a good outcome.
