The Yanchep Satellite City plan has been around since the Alan Bond Atlantis Marine Park days back in the late 70s and early 80s. Then in the late 90s, current land owner, Yanchep Sun City Pty Ltd (Tokyu Corporation) re-ignited the Satellite City plan.
Over the past ten to twelve years the local community has been presented with a myraid of plans, concept ideas and proposals, yet when you get down to the ‘nuts and bolts’, there has been very little vital infrastructure actually built.
The population growth for the region has doubled in the past five years, and predicted to double again in the next five years - So what infrastructure has been built in the past ten years?
A small change room at Oldham Reserve; a boardwalk that has a couple of residents up in arms and a few pocket parks in the new estates - That’s it!
Some ten years ago, and especially over the past three years there has been talk of new sporting ovals and new surf life saving facilities, just to mention a couple - But where are they?
The district has only one football field suitable for cricket, Little Athletics and Aussie Rules, yet we have close to 500 people trying to use this single facility. Our junior and senior football teams simply can’t field all the teams they want to because of the lack of active sporting ovals - Let alone cater for any growth.
Our local surf life saving facility consists of an old asbestos roofed building described as the worst life saving facility in the Perth metro area - Discussions have been going on for at least five years without a construction date being provided - It’s a disgrace!
Wander up to Two Rocks and take a look at the recreational boat ramp - It has been described as the metro area’s worst and most dangerous boat ramp.
This ramp has been talked about for over ten years, but little action has been seen to improve the facility. This ramp’s usage has increased six-fold, while the ramp just deteriorates away - When can the general public expect some improvements?
Both, the local council and the state government, need to get off their posteriors and start providing essential and vital infrastructure needed in one of Western Australia’s fastest growing regions.
Sure, there are currently talks about a new sporting field and new life saving facilty, but at the moment it’s just more talk - It’s time for action and construction.
Surely over the past five years we have advanced from talk, talk and more talk - Where are the plans? Where is the money allocated to projects? When will construction start?
It will be very interesting over the next few months to watch both the state government and local council as they start preparing their 2012/2013 budgets - Let’s look out for how much is allocated to these projects.
If we are to expect a modern cosmopolitan satellite city to be built in Yanchep, surely this vital infrastructure should be constructed alongside the residential home explosion that started some five years ago.
Why can’t the infrastructure needed be built at the same time as the housing explosion?
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