68 BWA | JUL 2026 only a local aspiration, but a project already backed by state support. Those projects also reveal the balancing act the City is now performing. On one hand, Wanneroo has to plan for huge future urbanisation in places like East Wanneroo. On the other, it must keep delivering usable coastal and community assets for current residents in areas like Yanchep and Scenic. That dual role — planning the future city while serving the existing one — is one of the reasons the municipality reads as more substantial than a simple growth-corridor council. The main challenge is therefore scale itself. Rapid growth puts pressure on land planning, social infrastructure, recreation facilities, transport, tourism assets and council capital programs all at once. But Wanneroo’s public materials suggest the City is at least approaching that challenge through structured longrange planning and targeted project advocacy rather
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