Wanneroo, Western Australia
RailSmart Planning Wanneroo is one of 49 projects under the Australian Government’s Smart Cities and Suburbs Program to receive grant funding to devise innovative technology-driven solutions to various urban challenges. Why The City of Wanneroo? As it stands, the City of Wanneroo offers an ideal context for smart technology solutions because: It’s the fastest growing
Australian communities are growing fast – and fastest at the fringe. In urban growth areas across Australia, what are known as ‘greenfield neighbourhoods’ are popping up at speed. The property development term “greenfield” is used to describe natural landscape that has never before been built on – and requires no existing structure to be demolished.
As part of the 2016 election campaign the Australian Government announced the establishment of a $50 million competitive Smart Cities and Suburbs Program to give funding support to projects using technology-driven solutions to solve urban challenges. The program seeks to improve the habitability, efficiency and sustainability of Australian cities, suburbs and towns. Smart technologies enable
The most significant issue for the City of Wanneroo is its expected future population growth, especially in the outlying northern coastal areas. Metronet’s Yanchep Rail Extension will extend the existing Joondalup Line 13.8 kilometres to provide stations along this northern coastline at Alkimos, Eglinton and Yanchep. In the short-term, the Yanchep Rail Extension will help
In 2017 the Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC) in partnership with the City of Wanneroo applied for Federal Smart Cities Funding for a project entitled, Railsmart Planning Wanneroo. PATREC exists to carry out collaborative, practical research to help guide Western Australian policy when it comes to transport and land-use planning. PATREC partners participating in