Red Space Rocket

The other day on our field trip we watch two large ships got through the heads and we talked about the shipping channel and how there are plans to make it larger. This story tells you more.

Green light for $763m channel deepening – National – theage.com.au

THE Brumby Government is ready to give the go-ahead to the controversial $763 million plan to deepen Melbourne’s shipping channels.

But the news will not all be good for the Port of Melbourne Corporation, which has spent more than $114 million trying to push the project through.

The corporation will likely be told that more independent and comprehensive monitoring is needed to minimise environmental damage to the bay.

Such changes are likely to add millions to the already spiralling costs of the project.