1. Mid West Economic Summit – September 2018
Geraldton Port Development Master Plan
Infrastructure planning to help build the next generation of better businesses
Mid West Economic Summit – September 2018
Peter Duplex

2. Geraldton Port Master Plan 2030, 2040, 2050 and 2070
Where are we?
What is a Master Plan?
Why do Strategic Development Master Planning?
Pre-Project Materiality Survey
Project scope definition
How does Oakajee fit?
Work to date
Unique issues and preliminary thoughts
Have your say

3. The year that was
A positive year in 2017/18 Port throughput is dominated by iron ore and grain products.

4. What is a Port Masterplan?

5. Infrastructure Australia | National Ports Strategy

6. Master Plan Benefits | Ports Australia

7. Pre-Project Master Planning Materiality Survey

8. Stakeholders including community
Results of Pre-Project Master Planning Survey – 23 Material Issues to the port stakeholders with top 5 ranked below.
Material Issue
Rank
Activating & supporting the Mid-West Economy 1
Ensuring Environmental Protection & Management of Impacts (Dust, Noise) 2
Ensuring successful Port-Township “Interface” Management (i.e. ‘Good Neighbour’ principles.) 3
Facilitating Trade Growth 4
Outlining the Port Vision 5

9. Responses

10. Scope Definition

11. Project Stages

12. Oakajee 12

13. Geraldton | Scope Definition
What is in
EVERYTHING
Stakeholder and community consultation
Port/City interface
Commercial Harbour & Fishing Boat Harbour
Look outside the gazetted port boundary
Consider issues beyond port precinct
High, Medium and Low Trade Growth for 10, 20 and 30 Timelines (2030, 2040, 2050)
Strategic look ahead (2070)
Third party desires – e.g. FBH Tourism
Innovation and Technology
Sustainability
Impacts, e.g. coastal
Aim to provide flexibility
Global fleet trends, e.g. beam increases

14. Work to date Project web page and community engagement
Selection of GHD Advisory
Backgrounding and SWOT assessment
Data assembly including development of
port operating model
Stakeholder engagement
Regulators
Local Government and Community
Existing Customers and Users - positive
Future Customers – a serious cross section
Supply Chain Participants

15. Unique Issues Inner City Oakajee Potential
Long Period Wave Surge – lost days
Difficult Transhipping Environment
Reasonable Road Corridor to the East
(Limited at north and south)
Fragile Coast Line
Lobster Industry
Fishing Boat Harbour
Marine Terrace
Point Moore
Negligible Buffer
Some Available Land

16. Opportunities and Constraints – Marine Side

17. Opportunities & Constraints - Landside

18. Opportunities & Constraints – Environment & Social

19. Expectations

20. The End.