Canning Mayor Patrick Hall
Camera IconCanning Mayor Patrick Hall Credit: Supplied/Andrew Ritchie

Canning Mayor’s vision for 2020

Carmelle WilkinsonCanning Gazette

AFTER taking the helm late last year, Canning Mayor Patrick Hall is optimistic his first year in tenure is going to be a busy, yet good one.

Approachable with a can do attitude, Mr Hall is looking forward to seeing a number of projects and developments in the City of Canning come to fruition.

“In 2020, we will see a flurry of activity as the City commences Stage 2 of the City Centre Project, continues to fund the planning and enhancement of the Kent Street Weir precinct, delivers the innovative Wharf Street Basin project, and recommences important improvements to Centenary Avenue,” he said.

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“We will also work toward finalising a broad range of other budgeted community projects. It is definitely going to be another very busy year here in Canning.”

As for the much anticipated Rossmoyne Shelley Master Plan, which has many residents divided, Mr Hall was hopeful proposed enhancements to the foreshore, which included a small café, would benefit the broader community.

“The finalisation of this project is long overdue and I cannot wait to see what the community decides,” he said.

And just how does he anticipate to lead Council this year?

“I aim to be highly visible in community, work closely with all of our community groups, charities and volunteer organisations, and focus on working with our local police to implement crime prevention strategies aimed at improving community safety,” he said.

“Our challenge as a local government is to break down the walls that we have inadvertently built around ourselves and I have been working with the City’s CEO Arthur Kyron to establish Canning as a ‘can-do municipality which ‘says yes more often’.”

As for finances, Mr Hall said he hopes to deliver a fair budget which is balanced and supports the City’s long-term plans.

While 2019 was a year of laying down the foundations for future planning and establishing itself as a gateway city in Perth’s southeast corridor, 2020 is expected to be a year of progress.

The demolition of the notorious Brownlie Towers in Bentley last year demonstrated a commitment to the revitalisation of Bentley and impressive upgrades to Westfield Carousel put Cannington on the map as a popular shopping, dining and entertainment precinct.

Mr Hall said he also looked forward to the completion of the Willetton Basketball Stadium redevelopment this year into a world class sporting stadium and watching the next stage of the City’s $70 million City Centre Project come to life.

“I am very much looking forward to overseeing the delivery of these projects, and many others, during my time as Mayor,’’ he said.

“Canning is already a fabulous place to live, and it will soon be even better.”