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Mayor Olwen Searle says record housing approval levels show predictions that the City of Gosnells is heading for a population of 130,000 by 2030 are close to the mark.
“The City issued 136 housing approvals in September – an all time record - and has issued over 100 each month since June,” said Mayor Searle.
“These figures are unprecedented and underline the rapid rate at which the City is growing.
“This in turn makes it absolutely clear that the City needs ongoing and growing State and Federal funding for vital infrastructure.
“People need a huge range of services such as getting their bins emptied, access to facilities like libraries and parks and roads that can handle the extra traffic that comes along with new residents.
“The City of Gosnells is doing everything it can to meet those needs. The fantastic new Amherst Village Community Centre is just one example of the level of infrastructure that growing communities need.
Mayor Searle said the City would continue to work with the National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) to ensure the needs of residents, old and new, in fast growing areas were recognised and met.
“Partnerships with the State and Federal governments are crucial,” said Mayor Searle.
“It is beyond the capacity of local governments alone to meet the needs of this rapid growth. We need increased funding and support to ensure we can deliver what our residents need.
“These record approval figures make that clearer than ever.”
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I'm all for growth, well not really, at some point we have to set a limit and stop building on our land, I'm all for building recreation areas, eventually the metro area will be all built up and it will be hard to find somewhere to relax in this urban sprawl, at some point we should put a limit on our population growth for our future, and remember we have many areas that need revitalising and every time a new area opens up it means less chance to rebuild areas that are in desperate need of attention, this can lead to slums developing and our rises in rates are not benefiting us they are being used on these new areas, the city might be getting bigger but is that a good thing?
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