Economic Prospectus 2015 City of Karratha 1 Economic Prospectus 2015 2
Economic Prospectus 2015 City of Karratha 1 Economic Prospectus 2015 2 Message from the Mayor Contents The City of Karratha has undergone a rapid Who and where we are 3 transformation for the better. Sustained growth Our towns 5 in the resource and energy sectors has become business-as-usual in our City in recent years People, amenities & lifestyle 7 and there are currently millions of dollars in new Key infrastructure 13 projects either committed or under construction. What we do 17 Our economy is undergoing significant expansion In fact, we are a City of six distinct settlements, What’s happening in our region 25 and diversification and, as a result, our population Karratha, Dampier, Wickham, Roebourne, Point is increasing, and new housing came on-stream Samson and an historic settlement at Cossack. at an unprecedented rate. As a local government, Great change is also on the horizon in these Where we are headed 27 we have responded by delivering new quality communities, in particular in Wickham where an infrastructure not previously seen this far north adopted townsite structure plan is already guiding in Western Australia. Major projects completed a number of new developments. Our focus over Key reference documents 29 in recent years include the $4.9-million Youth Shed, the next two financial years will be on undertaking the $10.1 million Pam Buchanan Family Centre and completing structure plans for the towns of and the $6.3 million Frank Butler Community Dampier, Roebourne and Point Samson. Centre and the $63.5m Karratha Leisureplex. This economic prospectus has been prepared We cannot, of course, build a city of choice in as background information for potential investors, Karratha all on our own.
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