Karratha city of the north Plan - Shire of Roebourne

GOVERNMENT OF
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Karratha
city of the north
Plan
RELEASED JuNE 2010

PreMier’s foreWord
The release of this much anticipated plan
can undoubtedly be described as nothing
short of a watershed moment in the
history of Karratha.
As a central component of the Government’s
‘Pilbara Cities’ initiative to invest in our
regional towns, this plan will radically
transform Karratha from a mining town with
an estimated population of 18,000 into a
regional city of 50,000 people.
The Pilbara is pivotal to the economy of our State and the nation
and we have committed $300million through Royalties for Regions
to upgrade amenities and infrastructure in towns such as Karratha.
Our ambitious plan to revitalise the town and establish Karratha
as a future dynamic and diverse city to live - a place with services
and amenities which will attract and retain a broad range of people
wanting to settle permanently in the region.
This document is the culmination of much planning and input
from the community, local businesses, industry and Government.
Making this vision a reality requires continued planning, investment
and co-ordination of many individuals and organisations.
Together we can transform Karratha into a city with a diverse and
resilient population and economy, with high amenity and a unique
Pilbara style.
Hon, Colin Barnett, MLA
Premier of Western Australia;
Minister for State Development
Minister’s foreWord
With this bold new plan, the landscape of
Karratha is set to evolve into a diverse and
well-appointed place to live and work.
Through Royalties for Regions we have
committed to re-invest funds to thoroughly
revitalise the town and establish a
future city - not with superficial facelifts,
but through the creation of liveable
communities serviced by everything
modern Australia expects.
I firmly believe this project will unlock Karratha’s full potential and
will become a benchmark for other regional areas.
Underpinning the plan is the essential need to address a coordinated
approach to the delivery of infrastructure and community
services and facilities, housing affordability and diversity, and
other issues which until now have constrained development and
deterred people from settling in Karratha.
The community has shown great interest in the plans for Karratha’s
future and taken ownership of the project to actively drive change.
The Government, the Shire of Roebourne, business and industry
all have a vested interest in a successful outcome and are fully
committed to working with the community to make the plan a reality.
We have set the bar high and we are well placed to realise our vision.
Hon, Brendon Grylls, MLA
Minister for Lands
President’s foreWord
With the release of the Pilbara Cities
of the North initiative by the State
Government, the future of Karratha
is going to be radically different from
its past. The Shire of Roebourne
wholeheartedly supports this initiative,
and is determined to play its part in its
successful achievement.
The K2020 Vision and Community Plan,
endorsed by the Shire last year, set
Karratha on a journey designed to transform it from a mining town
and service centre to a regional city. But that is only a start, as it
will take more than the next 10 years for the new City of Karratha
to develop and position itself as one of the most vibrant and
exciting regional cities in the nation.
Developing a city from scratch is a complex process, involving
many individuals, organisations and different layers of Government.
However, the most important part is to get the planning right,
in much the same way as buildings must have the correct
foundations if they are to survive and thrive.
Of course, Karratha is not starting from scratch but the Karratha of
today is a far cry from what Karratha needs to be if it is to grasp the
opportunities now presented to it. It needs a radical transformation.
The City Growth Plan is one of three documents that provides the
necessary foundation for Karratha to achieve the goal of becoming
a City of the North, and will sit alongside the Implementation Plan
and City Centre Master Plan.
It provides a sustainable growth plan to guide Karratha on its
journey from a town with a permanent population of some 18,000
through to a city in excess of 50,000. The City Growth Plan,
which covers the entire Karratha town site, provides the necessary
information and direction to allow the Shire of Roebourne to
prepare a new local planning strategy and planning scheme,
both of which will be necessary to provide the right administrative
instruments to accommodate Karratha’s new direction.
When developing a city the location of growth, the facilities and
services the new population needs, and when it is all going to
happen have to be programmed. The City Growth Plan includes
a phasing plan showing what will be delivered, where and in what
sequence. While it is not possible to put precise dates on the
delivery of every element as there are so many variables at work,
the City Growth Plan provides the big picture and tells the story of
how Karratha will be transformed.
We look forward to the general community, the public and private
sectors, and the Federal and State Governments joining us on this
exciting journey.
Nicole Lockwood
President, Shire of Roebourne

city groWth Plan
AIRPORT
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
MADIGAN
ROAD
INDUSTRIAL
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REGALS VALLEY
• Future residential extension
to Baynton that responds to
the landscape
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MADIGAN ROAD
GAP RIDGE/SEVEN mILE
• Key gateway into Karratha’s
urban area
• New, well designed large format
retail along Dampier Road
• Traffic calmed to improve north
south connections as well as
improve pedestrian movement
• Well designed, affordable, worker
and tourist accommodation, south
of Dampier Road
• Mix of single housing and some
terrace homes where centres
of activity planned
GAP RIDGE /
SEVEN MILE
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HEALTH AND
LIfESTYLE PRECINCT
• Focus for education,
recreation and
health activities
• Improved connections
and links between
activities
• Introducing teacher/staff
residential apartments
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6
NICKOL /
BAYNTON
NORTH WEST COASTAL HIGHWAY
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14
DAMPIER ROAD
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REGALS
LONG TERM
GROWTH AREA
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HEALTH &
LIFESTYLE
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NICKOL/BAYNTON
• Future airport link road
• Mixed use district centre
at Tambrey
• Housing that better
reflects a Pilbara style
• Medium density close
to centres of activity,
overlooking Seven Mile
Creek and the flats
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REGALS
VALLEY
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BALMORAL ROAD
PEGS CREEK /
MILLARS S WELL W2
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HILLS WEST
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THE LINKS
• High quality, highdensity
residential
community integrated
with the golf course
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SEARIPPLE ROAD
KARRATHA
HILLS EAST
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BULGARRA
25
GATEWAY
INDUSTRIAL
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KARRATHA ROAD
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KARRATHA HILLS WEST
• Possible single lot, low
hillside housing with
views to Nickol Bay and
the Burrup
• House designs are
respectful of heritage
and landscape values
• Discrete access to homes
that minimises impact
on topography
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NICKOL
BAY
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MULATAGA
HILLS
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muLATAGA
• Introduce water as a key landscape feature,
apartments, cafés, restaurants
• Develop a distinct housing type that is
elevated and coastal in style
• Introduce a new mixed use, commercial
centre that will serve the east end
• New coastal parks
• Improved connections with Bulgarra
• Opportunity for lifestyle-based activities
connected to water
• Regional open space located to protect places
of significant Aboriginal cultural heritage
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7
MULATAGA
5
14
14
MANGROVES
mANGROVES
• A future extension
of Mulataga
• Pilbara style, single
houses overlooking
Nickol Bay/Lulu Creek
LEGEND
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This City Growth Plan depicts a strategy for growth for
Karratha to a population of 50,000 as a diverse city
with growth being contained north of the Karratha Hills,
before considering further expansion to the south.
1. Town Centre revitalised and expanded with new links to
include link from Balmoral Road to Searipple Road.
2. Existing communities linked with bus and cycle route.
Traffic calming to limit traffic volumes and speed.
3. Leisure and Learning Centre to consolidate and integrate
major new facilities.
4. Health and wellbeing centre campus.
5. New local retail and commercial centres to service daily
needs and eastern and western neighbourhoods.
6. Expansion of existing neighbourhoods.
7. Proposed neighbourhoods to address immediate
population demands.
8. Waterfront development with potential for swimming
lagoon focus.
9. New country club and international hotel.
10. Expanded caravan park and resort.
11. New link to airport and Karratha gateway feature
and developments.
12. Airport hotels and commercial with surrounding logistic
services area.
13. New heavy industrial area (in progress).
14. City growth neighbourhoods.
15. Hillside research and development facility, apartments
and villa development integrated into landscape.
16. Education related playfields, health and education, staff
accommodation, retirement development and short stay
accommodation compatible with power station.
17. Tourism uses, adventure tour buses and short stay
accommodation compatible with power station.
18. Power station.
19. Long term future residential neighbourhoods.
20. Rural living lots.
21. Potential cemetery use.
22. Hillside apartments and villa development integrated
into landscape.
23. Urbanised industrial area lining gateway boulevard.
24. Industrial area converted to light industrial with workers
camps and short stay accommodation.
25. Future light industrial area.
26. Future heavy industrial area.
27. New playfield potentially using water treated waste.
28. Future playfield area with potential for second public
golf course and mangrove estuary enhancement.
29. Elevated course estate with reconfigured international
quality golf course.
30. Ecological and landscape enhancement zone as
foreground to view of Nickol Bay and Burrup.
31. Western bypass road.
32. New south of Karratha Hills bypass.
33. Land for future non urban city uses.
34. Possible northern bypass link and causeway. Possible
inclusion of a lock to create link.
35. Nickol Bay lookout and cultural centre incorporating
water tanks and indigenous heritage trails.
City Centre
Enhanced
New Neighbourhoods
for increased density).
LEGEND
muLATAGA HILLS
New District Open Space
City Centre
• New possible compact housing
Enhanced Existing Residential
(Potential for increased density)
that steps up the hills Industry
• House designs sit into the
New Residential Neighbourhoods
Light
landscape with a definite response
New District Open Space
/ Short Stay with Airport
and respect for the landscape
Institutional
• Good views over to the Nickol Rural Bay (future urban growth beyond 50,000.
Industry
and the Burrup
New Important
• Good connections into Mulataga Centre
Light Industry/Administration/Accommodation
• Regional open space located High School
to protect places of significant
Bus Route
Aboriginal cultural heritage
Future Area
Logistics/Short Stay Accommodation with Airport
Rural (future urban growth beyond 50,000)
New Important Connection
Activity Centre
High School
Bus Route
Future Investigation Area

city centre Master Plan
The City Centre Master Plan depicts a range of activities
that combine together to create a vibrant and enjoyable
commercial heart for Karratha. For a population
of 50,000 the City Centre will be the focus
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for most retail, commercial, civic,
8
community and cultural
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activities, however newer
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and smaller centres of
Tambrey and Mulataga
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will offer more local
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and daily needs.
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ENTERTAINmENT PRECINCT
• Restaurants, cafés, cinemas, nightclubs,
bars, theatre and amusement parlours
• Activities will extend into evening hours when the
outdoor temperature is conducive to street life
• Appropriate microclimate control to provide a
comfortable street environment
9
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ACCOmmODATION PRECINCT
• Short term accommodation
including hotels, serviced
apartments and resorts
• Ancillary entertainment uses
such as cafés or bars at the
street front
• Incorporates affordable
accommodation
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WARAMBIE ROAD
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DAMPIER ROAD

CONNECTIONS
1 Sharpe Avenue reinforced as city main
street with direct link to Dampier Road
(after retirement village relocated).
2 Karratha Road linked to Welcome Road to
provide direct city access.
3 Klenk Street realigned as secondary main
street fronting Centro Shopping Centre
and linked to Searipple Road.
4 Karratha Terrace - new east west main
street with public transport (bus in the
short term) and safe pedestrian and cycle
environment with traffic calming and at
key activity nodes.
5 Morse Court relocated, if possible, to
create a direct link street across city
running behind Lotteries House.
6 Sharpe Avenue connection to
City-north Boulevard.
7 Welcome Road realigned to connect
directly to Balmoral Road.
8 Old Welcome Road connected from
Sharpe Avenue to Pegs Creek.
9 Balmoral Road calmed as urban
boulevard with off peak parking and
realigned at Dampier Road, to improve
traffic management.
10 Searipple Road landscaped and calmed as
urban boulevard with off peak parking.
11 Warambie Road traffic calmed.
12 City-North Boulevard – new urban
boulevard link road between Balmoral
Avenue and Searipple Road.
13 Crane Street – New link between Balmoral
Road and Crane Circle.
14 The Esplanade – Edge of city avenue
including promenades and pavilions.
15 Bus, caravan and large vehicle layover
areas on DeGrey Place with access off
Searipple Road.
16 Dampier Road designed to carry high
volumes on a traffic calmed Boulevard.
Future bypass links required.
SEARIPPLE ROAD
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PuBLIC REALm
1 Karratha Green Link – Linear recreation
and circulation link through City.
2 City Park – Urbanised native planted
park with water features, running creek
and cool-off ponds play space and small
events facilities.
3 Memorial gardens enhanced expanded
with building forecourt converted to a
public plaza.
4 Grand Square – A large public square
under a grove of palms with an edge of
canopy trees. Square will accommodate
a kids water play area and night and
weekend markets.
5 The Quarter – A tight urban intersection
surrounded by cinemas, cafes, youth
hostels and apartments creating the
nightlife focus of the City.
6 Klenk Plaza at end of Klenk Street as
an urban space with Karratha City
landmark feature.
7 Upgraded school grounds to provide an
eastern side of the City greenspace and
civic domain-style park and improved
study sports areas.
8 Landscape upgrade to drainage area
possibly integrating a community
farm gardens.
9 Drainage area upgrades as a native creek
with temporary billabongs and small
lawn areas.
10 Nickol Bay Park or Beach – A significant
landscape and recreational feature,
which may include an arid park or
landscape feature or possibly a semi
permanent billabong.
11 Jetty over marshes or water or spring
tided filled ponds, to a lookout tower.
May also include a link to The Links golf
course estate.
12 Landscape sanctuary at base of Karratha
Hills with start to Jaburara Heritage Trail.
13 Intensified Karratha Hills protection zone.
RETAIL PRECINCT
• Main street shopping providing a diverse
and enriched shopping experience
• Mixed use with active uses on ground floor,
office and residential above
• Variety of public plazas, well shaded streets
to provide an attractive destination
• A range of boutiques and
specialty shops
COmmERCIAL PRECINCT
• Offices, comparison retail and
small showrooms
• Street level commercial uses with
residential on upper levels
• Encourage business co-location for
mutually beneficial relationships
• Focus for community, youth,
civic, arts and culture
BuILT fORm
1 High quality three and four storey
development consisting mostly
of commercial uses with a strong
street presence but well shaded and
dynamic facades.
2 Consolidated retail areas with large
floor plate retail outlets behind street
fronted development.
3 Enhanced Sharpe Avenue and new
‘Karratha Terrace’ main streets with
overhead shading screens, tree planting
and urban furniture.
4 New Public/ Private multi level public car
park stations to serve city uses with retail
and commercial uses on the ground floor
and to upper floor to street frontages.
5 Semi enclosed, semi private retail
lanes through to the existing Centro
Shopping Centre.
6 Planned Warambie Road apartments with
landmark residential towers on a low rise
street fronted base.
7 Medium density street-fronted residential
development replacing short term key
workers villas.
8 Medium rise coastal and resort style hotel,
service workers development on public
plazas with landscape views.
9 Urbanised large format retail and fast food
development with two storey appearance
and managed use of signage.
10 Mixed use street fronted buildings with
balconies and terrace and rear lot parking.
11 Affordable and key worker low rise
apartment development on new public
transport route.
12 Church site with infill development set
back from church.
13 Coordinated redevelopment of aging
Department of Housing and Rio Tinto
housing into modern group housing villas
and multiple dwellings.
14 Low-rise residential development with home
based business ground floors facing areas of
moderate commercial exposure.
LEGEND
ACTIVITY
1 Civic buildings framing the entry to the
City Centre. May include grand hall for
urban University, community use and
cyclone shelter.
2 Consolidation and redevelopment of
government buildings to create a civic and
town centre office zone.
3 Proposed in-city tourist information centre.
4 Existing office area intensified with office,
retail and residential area around historical
well park.
5 Core and secondary City Centre retail zone
in mixed use buildings.
6 Core City Centre redevelopment zone
including non core retail, commercial
and residential.
7 Street front fashion and high end
retail area fronting future link
(Karratha Terrace).
8 Future Youth Centre in Lotteries House
when current uses relocated.
9 Iconic sunset cafes, restaurants and
bars around an urban plaza, which may
include cooling water features.
10 Major new commercial, office precinct
with potential for government uses.
11 Hotel or commercial use developed
on drainage line. Redirect drainage to
green link.
12 Potential for retirement villas on redundant
drainage and open areas.
13 Potential for ‘natural’ amphitheatre
for performances.
14 Lookout and art and Pilbara Gumala
cultural centre on Karratha Hills with
performance studio, interactive and
interpretive centre, cafes and links to
heritage trails.
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What We
are doing...
As part of the Liberal/National Government ‘Pilbara Cities’ vision,
Karratha is undergoing a radical transformation, evolving from
a mining town with an estimated population of 18,000 into a
significant regional city of 50,000 people.
The future expansion of Karratha is complex and involves many
individuals, organisations and layers of Government.
Planning is essential to ensure future growth is appropriately
managed so that Karratha can develop as a city with a diverse and
resilient population and economy, which promotes sustainability,
high amenity and a unique Pilbara style.
The City Growth Plan, the City Centre Master Plan and the
Implementation Plan together form the Karratha City of the North
(KCN) Plan.
The KCN Plan will guide the development of future housing,
open spaces, commercial activities, tourist accommodation,
entertainment and retail areas, as well as service infrastructure,
transport, education and community facilities.
To realise the revitalisation of Karratha, it is important that
all stakeholders work cooperatively to deliver the vision for
Karratha. Initially funding will be sought through the Royalties
for Regions and Infrastructure Australia programs, however it
will also be important that there is a common understanding of
the commitment required across Government in delivering KCN.
The private sector will be a critical partner, bringing additional
expertise, enthusiasm and investment to transform Karratha.
COmPONENTS Of THE KARRATHA CITY Of THE NORTH PLAN
VOLumE 1
ImPLEmENTATION PLAN
• Vision for Karratha
• Project Goals and Objectives
• Integrated Strategy
• New Approach to Governance
• Implementation Program
VOLumE 3
CITY CENTRE mASTER PLAN
• Redevelopment Master Plan
• New Public Spaces
• Place Activation
VOLumE 2
CITY GROWTH PLAN
• Spatial Growth Plan
• New Growth Areas
• Staging and Infrastructure
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
Karratha, the heart of the Pilbara region is renowned for its multi billon
dollar resource investments, producing 25 per cent of Australia’s exports,
and has been singled out as the future ‘Powerhouse of the Nation.’
Growth to date is unprecedented - over half a million people passed
through the Karratha Airport in 2009 compared to just 90,000 people
in 2003. Almost $20billion is currently committed to new projects in the
Shire of Roebourne with a further $49billion as potential investment.
Karratha’s vision is to become a liveable, compact regional city of
50,000+ people, with a diversified economy and a healthy local
community which demonstrates demographic balance. A city that offers
affordability, high quality amenity, and infrastructure. It is set to be a
place of choice, to work, visit, grow up, raise families and age gracefully.
The KCN Plan provides the robust planning framework required to
elevate Karratha as a City of Excellence, capable of delivering key
outcomes through both public and private pathways.
Key aims:
• Enhance the quality of life for existing residents and to attract and
retain future residents;
• Respond to the environment and achieve a sense of place;
• Achieve sustainable growth and development over the long term;
• Support economic activity and promote diversification;
• Deliver a vibrant and activated town centre; and
• Identify and establish a partnership approach to deliver the projects.
A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH
The Shire of Roebourne, through the Karratha 2020 Vision and its
Strategic Plan; and the Liberal/National Government, through the
Pilbara Cities Vision; have both articulated the desire for Karratha to
continue to grow sustainably and support local economic activity.
Together the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp embarked on the
Karratha Revitalisation Project and the preparation of the KCN
Plan. LandCorp is responsible for delivering land and infrastructure
projects throughout Western Australia, bringing Government
landholdings to the market to meet residential, commercial and
regional needs.
Private enterprise, local businesses and resource companies
represent the third arm of the development partnership. The
concerted and coordinated involvement of the private and
public sectors is essential to achieving a holistic approach to the
revitalisation of Karratha.
HOW HAVE WE DEVELOPED THE PLAN?
The KCN Plan delivers the shared vision of both the Shire of
Roebourne and the Liberal/National Government. It consolidates and
builds upon previous work carried out at a regional level, including:
• Regional strategies, partnerships and visioning studies such as
Karratha 2020 Vision and Community Plan, Karratha Strategic Plan
2009-2013, Karratha Area Development Strategy, the Karratha
Open Space Strategy 2008 and the draft Pilbara Planning and
Infrastructure Framework (WAPC) which help to identify regional
challenges and Karratha’s role in the Pilbara; and
• Analysis conducted by the resource companies on current
development conditions, issues and challenges facing the sector,
the need for Government intervention and commitments the
resource sector is willing to make.
The KCN Plan was also informed by:
• An understanding of the constraints and pressures affecting
the local community, the provision of basic infrastructure and
temporary housing;
• An understanding of the character of the Pilbara Region and
Karratha’s unique sense of place; and
• Extensive consultation with community, indigenous, corporate and
Government stakeholders to determine critical needs and concerns,
and how key challenges may be addressed.

mEETING THE CHALLENGES
Karratha faces a number of challenges before it reaches its full
potential. Responses to these key challenges have shaped the
KCN Plan:
Diversifying the economy
Our response: To grow Karratha’s permanent population to 50,000
means a broad range of new jobs must be created. The KCN Plan
sets out an approach to encourage economic diversity, responding
to the area’s current competitive advantage to attract further
industry. By working closely with the resource sector we can find
ways of developing a more robust, flexible and adaptable local
economy. Ensuring that there is affordable developable land and
housing is also key to our approach.
Lowering the cost of living
Our response: The high cost of living in Karratha must be
addressed in order to more effectively grow the town’s population.
The KCN Plan provides ways to improve housing affordability
in the area. This includes opening up proposed new residential
areas which will help to attract private developers into Karratha,
increasing the capacity to deliver housing and land. Opening
up more retail and commercial opportunities will attract more
businesses to Karratha. The resulting growth in population and
more businesses competing for customers all work towards
lowering the cost of living.
Improving the quality of life
Our response: Although Karratha has both the natural and
economic attractions, more can be done to improve the standard of
services, facilities and amenities. The KCN Plan will attract a greater
population which will bring with it greater provision of services. The
Plan also proposes improvements to public facilities and amenities.
This is strongly reflected in the plans for the City Centre, which will
be transformed into a thriving community centre where people can
shop, socialise and relax. The proposed residential development
will also improve the standard of living, allowing for greater housing
diversity to appeal to a broader range of people.
Meeting the demands of Karratha’s unique environment
Our response: The Pilbara’s arid climate and scarcity of water
cannot be ignored. The plan addresses the need to ensure that
Karratha’s growth minimises the demands on the environment.
Ensuring that the city remains compact is just one of the ways
we’ll help achieve the best environmental outcomes. Our plan
also adopts strategies that encourage self-sufficiency, building a
sustainable city for the future.
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WHERE TO NEXT?
The KCN Plan signals to all levels of Government and stakeholders
what can be achieved in Karratha and invites them to play their part
in its transformation.
This level of transformation will require significant investment from
the public and private sector, and so this is the time to comtemplate
how this can be funded. Having the KCN Plan to hand will also
help to prioritise investment decisions and support a range of
funding bid opportunities, such as Royalties for Regions and
Infrastructure Australia.
The KCN Plan will now be put to use immediately to assist
infrastructure coordination and direct land release, and guide the
physical works and activation of the City Centre.
mORE INfORmATION
We look forward to community, public and private sectors;
Federal and Liberal/National Governments joining the Karratha
Revitalisation Project.
To find out more information or clarify any aspect of the KCN Plan,
you are invited to contact:
Shire of Roebourne
Tel: 9186 8555
Fax: 9185 1626
Email: sor@roebourne.wa.gov.au
www.roebourne.wa.gov.au