Annual Report 2008-2009 - Department of Transport

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Executive Summary
The Department for Planning and Infrastructure is responsible for what is
arguably the most diverse range of activities in State Government.
This diversity presents the Department with the opportunity to enhance the
quality of life for every household and person in the State.
Since the Department’s creation in 2001 it has faced many challenges.
At first the challenges related to the State’s resources boom, which saw
unprecedented growth in the State’s population resulting in huge demand
on the State’s services and infrastructure.
On the other hand, in the 2008-09 financial year the circumstances changed
dramatically as a consequence of the global economic crisis.
This report highlights the Department’s achievements while operating in
this changing financial environment with reduced resources yet a continued
growth in demand for services.
The detailed Report on Operations section of this document expands on
the great diversity of the Department’s activities while relating them to the
relevant new State Government goals.
In this summary you will gain a snapshot of some of the Department’s key
achievements during 2008-09 financial year.
The Department processed 6718 separate land transactions that generated
$33.418 million from administered land sales and $11.448 million from
rental fees associated with land and sea/river bed leases.
Over the last 12 months the State Land Services Business Unit transferred
land totalling almost $3.399 million in line with Government agreements.
The Department worked with Carnegie Corporation to successfully issue a
licence to the Corporation for over 30,147 hectares of the Albany coastline
allowing the establishment of the CETO wave energy project.
In addition associated land policy was developed to address the growing
need for State land by renewable energy organisations.
A bulletin for the Estimated Resident Population was developed and
published; this work is continuing in relation to new population projections
for all local government areas and completion is scheduled for 2009–10.
An Industrial Land Strategy has been developed over the year and is due for
completion in July 2009. It represents investigation of past and future trends
for demand and supply of industrial land in the Perth Metropolitan and Peel
regions and identifies potential land to meet the forecast demand.