PHOTO: While asbestos contamination is creating havoc for authorities in Sydney, Coonamble Shire is having it’s own problems with the decommissioned rubbish tip in the Coonamble township revealed as a ‘hotspot’ requiring immediate - and expensive - attention.
Despite being closed for more than twenty years the 28.4 hectare former waste landfill site on the northern end of Wingadee Street is the target of the latest compulsory clean up for Coonamble Shire Council.
Council first received a clean-up notice for asbestos at the former tip site back in 2019, however . . .
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