Hydro Tasmania has awarded the contract to upgrade the Edgar Dam to Tasmanian civil construction company Hall Earthmoving.

Its adjacent power station provides around 13 per cent of Tasmania’s power and holds the honour of Australia’s largest arch dam. Now, a ‘visionary project’ is celebrating 50 years.

Tasmania has a way of wedging politicians between industry and the environment, between jobs and endangered species — with Labor and Liberal strategists well aware of the votes which are at stake.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. The last bit of concrete was poured at the Gordon Dam, in Tasmania’s remote southwest, on November 25 ...

A Tasmanian civil construction company has been awarded the contract for Hydro Tasmania’s Edgar Dam upgrade, set to commence ...

The Tasmania Environmental Protection Authority ... on preliminary feasibility works for a controversial tailings dam proposed for South Marianoak for a long-term tailings solution.