{"id":195522,"date":"2010-01-18T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-5088548133909338442"},"modified":"2010-01-18T07:41:11","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T12:41:11","slug":"mining-boom-expected-to-place-strain-on-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/195522","title":{"rendered":"Mining boom expected to place strain on infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ABC has a report on the impact of the <a href=\"http:\/\/peakenergy.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/coal-seam-gas-producers-new-masters-of.html\">coal seam gas<\/a> boom in Queensland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2010\/01\/18\/2794490.htm\">Mining boom expected to place strain on infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A central Queensland council says it will have to boost local infrastructure to meet the needs of an expected mining boom over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>The Queensland Resources Council estimates more than 18,000 new jobs will be created in the coal seam, gas and LNG industries and another 23,000 in the minerals sector by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor of the Rockhampton Regional Council Brad Carter says local infrastructure needs to be improved to cater for an influx of workers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-2189376323632485\";\n\/* 728x90, created 5\/18\/08 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3866831776\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/9864176-5088548133909338442?l=peakenergy.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Z0G0g7ZoVybhAqbVAPa925liSSI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Z0G0g7ZoVybhAqbVAPa925liSSI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Z0G0g7ZoVybhAqbVAPa925liSSI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Z0G0g7ZoVybhAqbVAPa925liSSI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ABC has a report on the impact of the coal seam gas boom in Queensland &#8211; Mining boom expected to place strain on infrastructure. A central Queensland council says it will have to boost local infrastructure to meet the needs of an expected mining boom over the next decade. The Queensland Resources Council estimates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":763,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/763"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}