Story by Justin Satire

In a press statement today, Queensland Water Infrastructure proudly released the latest in their series of “artists impressions” of their ongoing engineering of the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam.

The latest image depicts part of the re-location of the Mary Valley Highway near Kandanga. “We’re very proud of this artist’s impression” said QWIPL CEO Graeme “half-a” Newton. “A lot of people think that all of our skills base resides in river hydrology and dam engineering. But I think this drawing will prove to our critics that we are equally skilled in road design”.

Critics of the dam were quick to point to independent engineering reports which show that the proposed road re-alignment will clearly not work. An angry Deputy Premier Anna “sly” Bligh was quick to refute these claims as “selfish” and “self-serving”. “It’s just classic Nimby-ism” she said. “They shoud be grateful that we’re injecting $1.7 billion into their local economy”.

Residents of the Mary Valley remain sceptical.