Working with the environment

It’s hard to imagine that Claisebrook Village was once industrial land containing the East Perth Gasworks, scrap yards, contaminated industrial sites, empty warehouses and railway yards.

Environmental rehabilitation of the Gasworks site was a major component of the redevelopment. Gasworks remediation included:

Building demolition
Relocation of valuable trees
Extensive earthworks
Site drainage and subsoil groundwater interception drains
The construction of retaining walls, hard landscaping and planting

Environmental clean-up also improved stormwater and groundwater quality and transformed this riverside land into recreational parkland with natural bush gardens, walkways and public art. Proximity to the river was maximised through the creation of the inlet at Claisebrook Cove.

At the time, it was the largest project of its type in Australia and the former EPRA won three UDIA (Urban Development Institute of Australia) awards for the project, 1996, 1997 and 1999, for environmental remediation.

The MRA’s sustainable building policies ensure that new development at Claisebrook Village considers the environment long into the future.

Related Information

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