Roebourne Streetscape Master Plan

The Roebourne Streetscape Master Plan proposes a vision for the long-term goal of invigorating the town centre streetscape to encourage an attractive, vibrant, and usable space. The City’s vision is to enhance Roebourne’s identity by increasing the quality of the streetscapes to North West Coastal Highway, Roe Street and Sholl Street. Strengthening links to existing natural assets such as the (Ngurin) Harding River enhances amenity and provides opportunities for cultural, community voice and expression within the town. 

In June 2022, Council endorsed the proposed penultimate design and approach to implement of the Streetscape Master Plan as a staged delivery over multiple years.

To date, the consultant GHD Woodhead has prepared a Master Plan Concept Design Report that discusses three implementation strategies based on future outcomes, including consideration of a future Heavy Haulage Vehicle Route. These works are the first stage of a long-term strategy to invigorate, revitalise and transform the streetscape designed to strengthen links to existing assets, enhance amenity and provide opportunity for cultural, community voice and expression through the town centre, while also improving safety and maintenance.

The initial staging involves the construction of soft and hard landscaping elements including:

Phase One

• rejuvenation and activation to Queen, Withnell, Padbury and Wellard Street intersections.
• priority to activating the Town Centre and improving pedestrian safety.
• accommodates the continued heavy vehicle and road train traffic usage.
• new soft landscaping with turf areas, garden beds, shrub and trees. 
• new pavement with grey concrete, exposed aggregate, compacted gravel; and
• new street furniture including concrete benches, and natural boulders.

Phase Two

• activate the area between Jubilee Park and the Yinjaa Barni Art Centre, Old Shire Office and General Store.
• infill activation between Withnell and Wellard Streets.
• priority to activating new community gathering and meeting places.
• accommodates, the continued heavy vehicle and road train traffic usage.
• new shade structures that complement existing use and functionality.
• new pavement and landscaping both formalising and activating the War Memorial and Withnell Monument.
• supplements Phase One with further new infill soft landscaping, pavement, and seating.

Several potential public art opportunities identified including:

a) Mural painting of the Padbury Street intersection roadway.

b) Local artist designs applied to the concrete bench seats.

c) Revitalisation the War Memorial and the Emma Withnelll Monument.

Special thanks to our funding partners the Rio Tinto Community Partnership Agreement and the Woodside Community Development Partnership for the Phase One works.