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10 October 2024
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Major milestone for Fremantle Oval Precinct Redevelopment.
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The City of Fremantle's plan to redevelop Fremantle Oval into a facility for the future has reached a significant milestone with the release of the draft Masterplan.
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The Masterplan aims to revitalise, enhance and future proof Fremantle Oval as a key community and recreational asset and outlines how that will be achieved.
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It is the culmination of many years of work and valuable input from the community, surrounding stakeholders, project partners, expert consultants, City officers and Elected Members of Council.
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The vision is shared by the City's project partners the South Fremantle Football Club, Fremantle Football Club and Western Australian Football Commission.
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The key objective of the redevelopment is to upgrade the football facilities to improve the player and visitor experience. The redevelopment would also provide for more accessible community spaces and opportunities for new affordable housing.
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The Masterplan builds on previous studies of the site undertaken over the past 10 years.
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Fremantle Oval Project Working Group member Councillor Fedele Camarda said the history of the Oval is undeniable and that it's important to get the balance of this unique opportunity right.
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"It's an opportunity that would be a real shame to miss. I'm confident that we can get the balance right. I'm genuinely excited by the prospect that this will finally come together after a long time with the support of all the various stakeholders and that it can deliver all the desirable outcomes that we want, and we can all be proud of it when it’s finished," Cr Camarda said.
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Councillor Andrew Sullivan, also a member of the Working Group, said the current facilities, especially for women’s football, were inadequate.
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"The Oval is at a point in its life that if we don't fix it, we won't see the level of activity that it currently has. "If we don't get a redevelopment of the Oval that threat of its demise is real," Cr Sullivan said.
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Fremantle Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge said the inclusion of housing addresses a need that was identified by the community in previous consultations."It's one chance we have to exercise some control over affordability and availability of housing in our city," Mayor Fitzhardinge said.
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The City has been and will continue to engage with State and Federal Governments to find opportunities to attract funding as a project of national significance.
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Council voted unanimously to endorse the Masterplan for public comment, noting that it is an indicative plan and there will be many iterations, assessments and approvals before any redevelopment is finalised and delivered.

Fremantle oval is the gem in the wafl crown. Any redevelopment needs to keep its character and build on amenity at the same time. 

Read the article in the paper earler in the week, some folk objecting to the social housing aspect.

I reckon the sharks should move there too. Continue training at Shark Park but play and have their history at Fremantle oval. To save the surface maybe have Colts of both teams play at Shark Park

Winger wrote:

Read the article in the paper earler in the week, some folk objecting to the social housing aspect.

Winger gotta love some of these Freo people, they move there because it's a different place with different people, knowing fullwell that there are plenty of the hippy mung bean fraternity, then complain when the Council wants to provide decent social housing that will help keep people from living on the streets.
 

The thing is that when you provide safe housing for the strugglers in our community its a proven fact that crime and most other social problems get sorted when people have a safe secure place to live.

All looks fantastic, 15000 capacity, 12500 seats, state of the art clubhouse and gym, AFL standard lights and surface.

One problem, finance, cannot see it happening with FCC in current debt.

Looked at Masterplan, it requires SFFC to surrender its Freehold Land ( $3 Million Value) and lease back new Club House as a member I will be voting against that.

Footballs landing people's heads and car roofs, bonnets and windscreens just so the stupid old decrepit not fit for purpose timber grandstand is aligned closer to the oval. LoL

DD wrote:

Footballs landing people's heads and car roofs, bonnets and windscreens just so the stupid old decrepit not fit for purpose timber grandstand is aligned closer to the oval. LoL

What are you on about?