SEQ pipeline - send more pipes ...

The SEQ infrastructure project collapses into farce following the delivery of faulty pipes from South Korea.

With only a small percentage of the pipeline completed, this latest embarrassment is a further example of the Qld Labor government's inability to plan and complete infrastructure projects.

Excerpt from the Courier Mail:

Dodgy pipes threaten project

16 May 2007

A shipment of 1000 pipes for the vital Western Corridor water recycling project has been held up on a dock in Wollongong amid fears they don't meet Australian standards.

Imported from South Korea, the pipes failed an initial inspection and were not useable.

More tests are being conducted by the pipeline contractor to determine what will happen to the mountain of steel.

It is the latest in a series of setbacks for the water recycling project, which must be completed in 19 months to prevent southeast Queensland from running out of water.