Building better regional cities: Karloo Wandina project

The Karloo-Wandina project is a joint initiative of the City of Greater Geraldton (CGG) and the Department of Housing (DoH) to provide affordable housing and trunk roads, drainage, water, sewer & power infrastructure to the growing Geraldton community. This significant undertaking is joint-funded by federal and state governments, an iron ore company and the CGG. Design & construction of the $28M infrastructure component of the project, including 2 new roundabouts and a bridge spanning the Southern Transport Road & Rail corridor (STC), is being managed exclusively by the CGG. Though largely a greenfields project, significant challenges have been experienced that have required ‘exploring new territory’ thinking to resolve. These included how to finance $28M of trunk infrastructure works being a small regional local government and how to span a busy transport corridor with a road bridge and pass under transmission power lines in close proximity to meet all safe clearance requirements. The project is well underway and is planned to be completed prior to the end of March, 2014.

• Authors:
  • Atkinson, M
• Conference:
  • International Public Works Conference, 2013, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 17p
• Monograph Title: Public works: explore new territory: IPWEA International Public Works Conference, Darwin, NT, 11-15 August 2013

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Case studies; Infrastructure; Planning; Road construction; Types of roads by network
• Uncontrolled Terms: Policy and planning; Road design and asset management
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Geraldton (Australia)
• ATRI Terms: Bridge; Case study; Infrastructure; Planning; Road network
• ITRD Terms: 8531: Case study; 1055: Transport infrastructure
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495588
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 17 2013 10:08AM