God there so much going on the Yorke Peninsula, really is a happening region these days. This development sounds pretty good, the main drag is going to look so much different.
Revealed: a new look Wallaroo
Tuesday, 03 July 2007
Journalist: Kathryn Crisell
Plans for a new look Wallaroo were revealed yesterday (Monday) at the launch of an urban design framework to be exhibited in Wallaroo until July 12.
Major changes for Owen Terrace, the town’s main street, are part of the Masterplan — including moving the bowling and croquet clubs — but its landmark Moreton Bay Figs are not going anywhere.
The plan would see a Mall area created on the current club sites, with restaurant or café facilities, and a palette of unified materials and colours to be used for the entire street.
Car parks under the fig trees will disappear and the bitumen replaced with permeable, bound gravel around their trunks and wider, paved footways. As well, the road will be narrowed to slow traffic and kerb heights reduced along the existing shopfronts.
According to the plan, a sporting precinct off Cornish Terrace could be developed with the bowls, croquet and golf clubs sharing a new clubhouse built behind the existing oval and netball courts.
Wallaroo waterfront will be beautified “promenade style†to link Copper Cove Marina and Office Beach. A bitumen shared use (bikes/walkers) pathway will run the length of the coastline punctuated with shade sails and viewing platforms with seating and bollards featuring local information.
An upgrade of the sailing club, perhaps integrating a kiosk, is also considered in the plan.
Changes to roads leading into Wallaroo would include a roundabout at the junction of Athena Drive, Charles Terrace, East Terrace, Victoria Street and the Kadina Road.
Wildman Street could be extended to join Jetty Road and new signage and tree plantings would be used to guide traffic through the town.
A range of traveller facilities are suggested in the plan including information boards within town and public toilets and a BBQ area on the waterfront and solar powered lighting.
District Council of Copper Coast’s CEO, Peter Dinning, says the design fits well with a plan for a walking trail that should attract government funding under an open spaces program.
“We want to take a trail past the lighthouse, the Cutter Canberra (due to be on-site soon) and past some ruins, to link with the foreshore. The Tamarisk trees will go and we will look at grassing some of that area and revegetating around the old drain.â€
A design has been commissioned and work on the trail is likely to start this year.
“We have $100,000 in the budget to start work on Wallaroo. Having some money available and a project ready to go will give us the impetus to push for more government funding.
“We have already put in a major funding application to the Federal Government to upgrade Chatfield Terrace to better service the port and ferry.â€
Wallaroo’s Draft Urban Design Masterplan can be viewed at Newbery Chemist in Owen Terrace or viewed on Council’s website. For those wishing to comment, response sheets are available from local businesses and council offices.
source: ypct