The West Burleigh Construction Waste and Resource Recovery Project will commence in approximately 2032 with mobile equipment used to begin a limited resource recovery operation. 

The extraction from the East pit of West Burleigh Quarry is expected to cease around 2034 (pending market conditions), at which time, the final years of quarrying at West Burleigh will continue in the West pit, beneath the current location of the West Burleigh Asphalt Plant, to ensure continued supply of aggregates.  

The East pit will then be rehabilitated to an appropriate state. The site will begin receiving up to 700,000 tonnes per year of non-putrescible material for waste disposal, this is expected to continue for at least 23 years.  

Once quarrying activities cease in the north-western pits, Boral proposes to establish a fully enclosed mechanical resource recovery facility to receive up to 300,000 tonnes per year of building and construction material. 

The proposed landfill development requires a staged construction approach due to the size and geometry of the existing quarry void. It is proposed to develop the landfill from the eastern (larger) pit towards the western (smaller) pit, with a series of vertical raises of the sidewall liner system in line with the bench heights of the quarry pit.

The final landform is proposed to have a maximum elevation of 48 m Australian Height Datum (AHD) in the north-east of the larger eastern pit, reducing to 30 m AHD in the smaller western pit, with the intention of maintaining the final level of the landfill below the existing topographic ridge lines and trees.  

The final plateau landform will be graded between 3% - 5% slope with an end land use as open green space that will be rehabilitated by a direct seeding of grasses to provide soil stability and reduce weeds.

Current and final view                                                                                                     

Current and final view