Remote Arnhem Land residents worry iron ore trucks are making the Roper Highway increasingly more dangerous, and causing dust pollution.
Road trains have been trucking stockpiled ore from the mine along the Roper Highway.
However, in late May the company started trucking iron ore from an existing 300,000-tonne stockpile at the mine to the Darwin Port. A further five shipments of ore from the Roper Valley stockpile are expected to leave Darwin Port before the end of the year., when approaching an oncoming road train on a single-lane sealed road, drivers should slow down, gradually move off the road and drive slowly on the edge of the road.
"It's just a matter of time for the wrong person to be in front of the wrong truck, and it's all over."The ABC was unable to verify if the crash involved a truck from the mine.Greg Wells says he is considering moving away from Ngukurr due to road safety concerns. ABC Rural understands the Hoa Phat Group hopes to restart mining at the site in 2023, with plans to move the ore part of the way to Darwin via rail.
"The NLC has convened consultations between the new owners of the mine and native title holders and traditional owners of the mine site under the terms of the mining agreements that are already in place."A spokesperson for the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics said it was working with the company on approaches to managing heavy vehicle traffic on the Roper Highway.
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