❓ Hon. Vincent Catania asks about the status of the Carnarvon police and courthouse redevelopment announced by the Premier. Hon. Jon Ford provides an update on community consultation, site selection, and project brief completion, indicating progress but also highlighting ongoing site identification challenges.
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CARNARVON POLICE AND COURTHOUSE REDEVELOPMENT COMPLEX
On 24 January 2007, Premier Alan Carpenter announced a new $40 million combined police and courthouse redevelopment complex to be built within the civic precinct bounded by Olivia Terrace, Robinson Street and Camel Lane in Carnarvon’s central business district. In view of the fact that the Premier also stated that the state government was keen to partner the Shire of Carnarvon, local stakeholders and the public in its construction, will the minister inform this chamber as to the current status of the project? Hon JON FORD
On 24 January 2007, Premier Alan Carpenter announced a new $40 million combined police and courthouse redevelopment complex to be built within the civic precinct bounded by Olivia Terrace, Robinson Street and Camel Lane in Carnarvon’s central business district. In view of the fact that the Premier also stated that the state government was keen to partner the Shire of Carnarvon, local stakeholders and the public in its construction, will the minister inform this chamber as to the current status of the project? Hon JON FORD
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I thank the member for the question. On 24 January 2007, Premier Alan Carpenter announced a new $40 million combined police and court complex to be built within the civic precinct bounded by Olivia Terrace, Robinson Street and Camel Lane in Carnarvon’s central business district. The Premier also stated that the state government was keen to partner the Shire of Carnarvon, local stakeholders and the public in its construction. This allocation of $40 million is a huge investment in the town, and the construction and operation of this facility will have a significant flow-on benefit to the local community. On 13 and 14 February 2007, a Carnarvon community consultation workshop called “Enquiry-by-Design” was convened by the Carnarvon shire council. The aim of the workshop was to formulate a land-use structure plan to guide the future use, development and enhancement and movement patterns of the Carnarvon inner urban area. Participants at the workshop included local community representatives and government members of Parliament, including Hon Vince Catania. The workshop identified four possible sites for the proposed complex: redevelopment of the existing site; the north-west corner of the civic precinct at the corner of Olivia Terrace and Camel Lane; shire-owned land on the corner of Robinson and Egan Streets; and Brockman Park-Gascoyne Memorial Foundation land. Mr Dudley Maslin, shire president, has verbally indicated that the foundation may reconsider previous advice of not to sell. Sites 3 and 4 are not within the civic precinct announced by the Premier on 24 January 2007; therefore, they could not be agreed to by representatives of WA Police and the Department of the Attorney General. At the workshop it was agreed that all work associated with identifying a site for the police and justice complex within the civic precinct be placed on hold until the Carnarvon “Enquiry-by-Design” report has been issued for public comment. This report is expected over the next few days. Based on preliminary community and council feedback, the site identification process should be able to recommence in early April 2007. Planning for the police station has now progressed to the completion of the project brief. The briefed outcomes are consistent with the original business case.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the member for the question. On 24 January 2007, Premier Alan Carpenter announced a new $40 million combined police and court complex to be built within the civic precinct bounded by Olivia Terrace, Robinson Street and Camel Lane in Carnarvon’s central business district. The Premier also stated that the state government was keen to partner the Shire of Carnarvon, local stakeholders and the public in its construction. This allocation of $40 million is a huge investment in the town, and the construction and operation of this facility will have a significant flow-on benefit to the local community. On 13 and 14 February 2007, a Carnarvon community consultation workshop called “Enquiry-by-Design” was convened by the Carnarvon shire council. The aim of the workshop was to formulate a land-use structure plan to guide the future use, development and enhancement and movement patterns of the Carnarvon inner urban area. Participants at the workshop included local community representatives and government members of Parliament, including Hon Vince Catania. The workshop identified four possible sites for the proposed complex: redevelopment of the existing site; the north-west corner of the civic precinct at the corner of Olivia Terrace and Camel Lane; shire-owned land on the corner of Robinson and Egan Streets; and Brockman Park-Gascoyne Memorial Foundation land. Mr Dudley Maslin, shire president, has verbally indicated that the foundation may reconsider previous advice of not to sell. Sites 3 and 4 are not within the civic precinct announced by the Premier on 24 January 2007; therefore, they could not be agreed to by representatives of WA Police and the Department of the Attorney General. At the workshop it was agreed that all work associated with identifying a site for the police and justice complex within the civic precinct be placed on hold until the Carnarvon “Enquiry-by-Design” report has been issued for public comment. This report is expected over the next few days. Based on preliminary community and council feedback, the site identification process should be able to recommence in early April 2007. Planning for the police station has now progressed to the completion of the project brief. The briefed outcomes are consistent with the original business case.
I thank the member for the question. On 24 January 2007, Premier Alan Carpenter announced a new $40 million combined police and court complex to be built within the civic precinct bounded by Olivia Terrace, Robinson Street and Camel Lane in Carnarvon’s central business district. The Premier also stated that the state government was keen to partner the Shire of Carnarvon, local stakeholders and the public in its construction. This allocation of $40 million is a huge investment in the town, and the construction and operation of this facility will have a significant flow-on benefit to the local community. On 13 and 14 February 2007, a Carnarvon community consultation workshop called “Enquiry-by-Design” was convened by the Carnarvon shire council. The aim of the workshop was to formulate a land-use structure plan to guide the future use, development and enhancement and movement patterns of the Carnarvon inner urban area. Participants at the workshop included local community representatives and government members of Parliament, including Hon Vince Catania. The workshop identified four possible sites for the proposed complex: redevelopment of the existing site; the north-west corner of the civic precinct at the corner of Olivia Terrace and Camel Lane; shire-owned land on the corner of Robinson and Egan Streets; and Brockman Park-Gascoyne Memorial Foundation land. Mr Dudley Maslin, shire president, has verbally indicated that the foundation may reconsider previous advice of not to sell. Sites 3 and 4 are not within the civic precinct announced by the Premier on 24 January 2007; therefore, they could not be agreed to by representatives of WA Police and the Department of the Attorney General. At the workshop it was agreed that all work associated with identifying a site for the police and justice complex within the civic precinct be placed on hold until the Carnarvon “Enquiry-by-Design” report has been issued for public comment. This report is expected over the next few days. Based on preliminary community and council feedback, the site identification process should be able to recommence in early April 2007. Planning for the police station has now progressed to the completion of the project brief. The briefed outcomes are consistent with the original business case.
The workshop identified four possible sites for the proposed complex: redevelopment of the existing site; the north-west corner of the civic precinct at the corner of Olivia Terrace and Camel Lane; shire-owned land on the corner of Robinson and Egan Streets; and Brockman Park-Gascoyne Memorial Foundation land. Mr Dudley Maslin, shire president, has verbally indicated that the foundation may reconsider previous advice of not to sell. Sites 3 and 4 are not within the civic precinct announced by the Premier on 24 January 2007; therefore, they could not be agreed to by representatives of WA Police and the Department of the Attorney General. At the workshop it was agreed that all work associated with identifying a site for the police and justice complex within the civic precinct be placed on hold until the Carnarvon “Enquiry-by-Design” report has been issued for public comment. This report is expected over the next few days. Based on preliminary community and council feedback, the site identification process should be able to recommence in early April 2007. Planning for the police station has now progressed to the completion of the project brief. The briefed outcomes are consistent with the original business case.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the member for the question. On 24 January 2007, Premier Alan Carpenter announced a new $40 million combined police and court complex to be built within the civic precinct bounded by Olivia Terrace, Robinson Street and Camel Lane in Carnarvon’s central business district. The Premier also stated that the state government was keen to partner the Shire of Carnarvon, local stakeholders and the public in its construction. This allocation of $40 million is a huge investment in the town, and the construction and operation of this facility will have a significant flow-on benefit to the local community. On 13 and 14 February 2007, a Carnarvon community consultation workshop called “Enquiry-by-Design” was convened by the Carnarvon shire council. The aim of the workshop was to formulate a land-use structure plan to guide the future use, development and enhancement and movement patterns of the Carnarvon inner urban area. Participants at the workshop included local community representatives and government members of Parliament, including Hon Vince Catania. The workshop identified four possible sites for the proposed complex: redevelopment of the existing site; the north-west corner of the civic precinct at the corner of Olivia Terrace and Camel Lane; shire-owned land on the corner of Robinson and Egan Streets; and Brockman Park-Gascoyne Memorial Foundation land. Mr Dudley Maslin, shire president, has verbally indicated that the foundation may reconsider previous advice of not to sell. Sites 3 and 4 are not within the civic precinct announced by the Premier on 24 January 2007; therefore, they could not be agreed to by representatives of WA Police and the Department of the Attorney General. At the workshop it was agreed that all work associated with identifying a site for the police and justice complex within the civic precinct be placed on hold until the Carnarvon “Enquiry-by-Design” report has been issued for public comment. This report is expected over the next few days. Based on preliminary community and council feedback, the site identification process should be able to recommence in early April 2007. Planning for the police station has now progressed to the completion of the project brief. The briefed outcomes are consistent with the original business case.
I thank the member for the question. On 24 January 2007, Premier Alan Carpenter announced a new $40 million combined police and court complex to be built within the civic precinct bounded by Olivia Terrace, Robinson Street and Camel Lane in Carnarvon’s central business district. The Premier also stated that the state government was keen to partner the Shire of Carnarvon, local stakeholders and the public in its construction. This allocation of $40 million is a huge investment in the town, and the construction and operation of this facility will have a significant flow-on benefit to the local community. On 13 and 14 February 2007, a Carnarvon community consultation workshop called “Enquiry-by-Design” was convened by the Carnarvon shire council. The aim of the workshop was to formulate a land-use structure plan to guide the future use, development and enhancement and movement patterns of the Carnarvon inner urban area. Participants at the workshop included local community representatives and government members of Parliament, including Hon Vince Catania. The workshop identified four possible sites for the proposed complex: redevelopment of the existing site; the north-west corner of the civic precinct at the corner of Olivia Terrace and Camel Lane; shire-owned land on the corner of Robinson and Egan Streets; and Brockman Park-Gascoyne Memorial Foundation land. Mr Dudley Maslin, shire president, has verbally indicated that the foundation may reconsider previous advice of not to sell. Sites 3 and 4 are not within the civic precinct announced by the Premier on 24 January 2007; therefore, they could not be agreed to by representatives of WA Police and the Department of the Attorney General. At the workshop it was agreed that all work associated with identifying a site for the police and justice complex within the civic precinct be placed on hold until the Carnarvon “Enquiry-by-Design” report has been issued for public comment. This report is expected over the next few days. Based on preliminary community and council feedback, the site identification process should be able to recommence in early April 2007. Planning for the police station has now progressed to the completion of the project brief. The briefed outcomes are consistent with the original business case.
The workshop identified four possible sites for the proposed complex: redevelopment of the existing site; the north-west corner of the civic precinct at the corner of Olivia Terrace and Camel Lane; shire-owned land on the corner of Robinson and Egan Streets; and Brockman Park-Gascoyne Memorial Foundation land. Mr Dudley Maslin, shire president, has verbally indicated that the foundation may reconsider previous advice of not to sell. Sites 3 and 4 are not within the civic precinct announced by the Premier on 24 January 2007; therefore, they could not be agreed to by representatives of WA Police and the Department of the Attorney General. At the workshop it was agreed that all work associated with identifying a site for the police and justice complex within the civic precinct be placed on hold until the Carnarvon “Enquiry-by-Design” report has been issued for public comment. This report is expected over the next few days. Based on preliminary community and council feedback, the site identification process should be able to recommence in early April 2007. Planning for the police station has now progressed to the completion of the project brief. The briefed outcomes are consistent with the original business case.
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