The NSW government has abandoned plans to dump toxic sludge from Sydney's Northern Beaches Link project in Newcastle.
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Transport for NSW revealed in planning documents in November that it planned to ship 12,000 cubic metres of sludge from Middle Harbour to Newcastle before loading it on to trucks and dumping it in landfill.
The material contains lead, mercury, silver, zinc, poly-fluoroaklyl substances (PFAS) and dioxins.
Newcastle Labor politicians, including MP Tim Crakanthorp and lord mayor Nuatali Nelmes, fought the proposal and more than 6000 people signed a petition.
Cr Nelmes said last week that the government had not formally consulted City of Newcastle about the waste plan and Port of Newcastle said it would not allow the waste to be stored at the port.
Transport for NSW deputy secretary Camilla Drover told a budget estimates hearing on Tuesday that the sludge would not be transported to Newcastle but would be taken to a tip in Sydney instead.
"There are no plans to take spoil and barge it up to Newcastle for disposal," she said.
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