There’s a bit more news on the South Beach Remediation that fills out the story a bit.

Firstly, the Environmental Management Plan, once a big secret we weren’t allowed to read, has now been released for public comment. I had a look. It sounds a little better than my worst fears. They are not going to sieve all the dirt any more to pull out larger particles — instead they are going to rake out the large particles with a rake attached to a bulldozer. This at least means they aren’t going to pour all the dust through the air into the sieve, which is a part improvement.

But I don’t know. The monitoring program seems a bit thin on the ground and I think sampling they have done to find out what is in the ground has not been done at a high enough density.

Thankfully, Fremantle council has decided to step in and conduct an independent assessment of the remediation plan. The results of that will be interesting.