MRA Area
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Midland Metro Concept Plan 2010 is the culmination of many years of planning for Midland’s revival.
After the Workshops closed in 1994 the State Government commissioned a series of planning studies on the site’s future. However, the catalyst for action came in 1997 when consultants Ecologically Sustainable Design Pty Ltd led the Midland Revitalisation Charrette for the then Shire of Swan and Ministry for Planning. This was an intensive, five-day interactive planning exercise aimed at solving the planning problems of the Midland regional centre. It identified the Railway Workshops precinct as the key site for the revitalisation, suggesting it be considered as the southern half of an enlarged and more vibrant town centre.
The charrette considered the development of a police complex and a railway museum on the site and recommended a site cleanup. The exercise added momentum to intense lobbying by the shire and the business community for a redevelopment authority, and the MRA was established in late1999.
In the 15-year life of the redevelopment, the MRA will spend $100 million on infrastructure projects. The Authority’s task is to guide the land use, planning, subdivision and redevelopment of land in the redevelopment area, revitalise Midland and re-establish it as a strategic regional centre.
The draft Concept Plan produced in August 2000 divided Stage 1 of the redevelopment, Midland Central, into four precincts (City Centre, Clayton, Helena and Eastern Enterprise) and outlined concepts for the preferred type and form of development in each. Extensive consultation followed the release of the draft Concept Plan, with community support strongly favouring the inclusion of a rail heritage centre on the site.
Midland Metro Concept Plan 2010 refines the draft plan prepared by the MRA in 2000 and provides a clear vision of the plans for Stage 1 for the community and development industry.
MRA_2010_Concept_Plan
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