$7.5m 'pipe to nowhere' still unused after four years as stalemate continues over sewer connection to Williamtown RAAF base

By Carrie Fellner
Updated January 12 2018 - 9:07am, first published 9:00am
SEWAGE SAGA: An aerial view of the RAAF's private sewage treatment plant,  constructed in the 1950s. The need to decommission it was identified over a decade ago and was described as "urgent" by MP Bob Baldwin in 2012.
SEWAGE SAGA: An aerial view of the RAAF's private sewage treatment plant, constructed in the 1950s. The need to decommission it was identified over a decade ago and was described as "urgent" by MP Bob Baldwin in 2012.

THE TURNBULL government has been called on to intervene in a sewage saga that has run into its fourth year, cost taxpayers $7.5 million for an unused pipe and left a bad taste in the mouths of Williamtown residents. 

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