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The Oval was formerly the Barracks Green or Field or Square, the original purpose of which to provide a parade ground – the Pensioners Barracks (1853, now gone) being adjacent in South Terrace.
A document entitled Fremantle Oval Redevelopment Business Plan will be passed by Fremantle Council TONIGHT Wednesday 27 July.
Fremantle has suffered 10 years of financial mismanagement and financial pain from the King's Square Business Plan, and now Fremantle Council are about to embark on another Business Plan, this time a $90 million one to redevelop Fremantle Oval.
While Fremantle Oval may need some money spent on it, these images from the plan are shocking in their scale and damage to the heritage values of the area and the sight lines to the World Heritage Listed prison.
Council aims to get $60 million from the State and Federal governments, while putting in $8.6 million from the sale of land and borrowing $6.4million.
How did this document get to this stage without public consultation?
Shocking.
Your councillors: members@fremantle.wa gov.au
John Dowson
President
The Fremantle Society
0409 223622
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