Princess Royal Harbour Coastal Hazard Risk Management Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP)
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The City of Albany in conjunction with the Community, the State Government and Southern Ports, has developed a DRAFT Coastal Hazard Risk Management Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP).
The DRAFT CHRMAP has been developed to increase knowledge and understanding of coastal hazard risks pertaining to the Princess Royal Harbour and to identify risk management and adaptation measures for implementation.
The DRAFT CHRMAP is being displayed in two formats:
- Summary CHRMAP document for advertising purposes
- Technical CHRMAP
Summary CHRMAP document
A summary CHRMAP document has been developed for advertising purposes.
This summary document seeks to increase knowledge and understanding of coastal hazard risks pertaining to the Princess Royal Harbour and to identify risk management and adaptation measures for implementation. The draft recommendations for managing coastal processes associated with the Princess Royal Harbour into the future include:
- Protecting potential erosion areas via sand nourishment.
- Protecting potential inundation areas via the development of levees.
This summary document includes a proposed funding mechanism for proposed protection works. The funding mechanism works off a beneficiary pays principle. Beneficiaries are likely to include:
- State Government
- Business and Industry
- Private landholders
- Local community
- Broader community
The summary CHRMAP document will be available here once completed.
DRAFT Technical CHRMAP and background reports
The DRAFT Technical CHRMAP document and background reports are located below.
Note: the DRAFT Technical CHRMAP is to be updated to identify how funding for any coastal protection works should be organised.
The development of the CHRMAP adheres to the Western Australian Planning Commission (2019) CHRMAP guidelines with scope and deliverables consistent with their objectives and the State Planning Policy 2.6 – Coastal Planning (SPP2.6).
The CHRMAP area was broken into five (5) Management Unit (MU) areas. Assessment and recommendations were made for each MU area. Detailed implementation recommendations for each MU are presented at Table 8-5 of the Technical CHRMAP.
Advertising/Submissions
The City is undertaken the following advertising measures:
- Notification on the City’s website
- Documentation available at the City’s administration building
- Notice published in the local newspaper
- Letter to agencies, key stakeholders and landholders
- Comments via an online submission tool
Submissions on the CHRMAP and including funding mechanism, may be lodged via the online submission form before the date advertised and must include:
- Email
- The name and address of the person making the submission
- Details of the submission
The online submission form will be located here once submissions are open.
To ensure concerns and aspirations are understood and considered, City of Albany Officers are available to explain the CHRMAP and to answer questions (phone 68203050, Email [email protected]).
Policy and Guidelines
The CHRMAP has been prepared in accordance with the WA Coastal Zone Strategy, the State Planning Policy 2.6 – State Coastal Planning Policy (SPP2.6) and the CHRMAP Guidelines.
Details on the can be found at the following links.