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“The street design incorporates active 70,000 in around 30,000 dwellings. Waraba The Infrastructure Agreement also
transport linkages so that pedestrians could take up to 40 years to fully develop. provides for major improvements to
and cyclists can easily nip around Caboolture River Road including:
the neighbourhood via laneways, The development includes an
interconnected streets, and green spaces. Infrastructure Agreement that will see: • Provision of land to eventually allow
the duplication of Caboolture River
“At the heart of it all will be the centrally • The provision of seven local recreation Road.
located Neighbourhood Hub, with small- parks, district open space and • Upgrading the section between
scale retail and commercial operations. conservation areas totalling 52.7 Walkers Road and Grant Road to four
hectares of public land. lanes.
“The green network that’s a prominent • Rehabilitation of 17.7 hectares of land • Construction of a three-way signalised
feature of the community’s design will to be part of a green network precinct. intersection at Cresthaven Drive.
consolidate and rehabilitate fragmented • Provision of all internal stormwater • Intersection upgrades to improve
land parcels to create a connected infrastructure necessitated by the safety and efficiency at Virginia Road,
network of quality environmental areas for development. Forest Park Place and MacGinley Road.
recreation, conservation, biodiversity, and • Financial contributions towards a • Creation of a hybrid 2-lane roundabout
habitat values. future district sports park and future at Albert Circuit.
regional sports park. • Decommissioning of the intersection
“Importantly, the green network precinct at Litherland Road.
will preserve the major Caboolture River
open space as well as connecting Small
Creek, and the Powerlink Corridor.”
This neighbourhood will offer low-to-
medium density with between 11-30
lots per hectare over the 175.4 hectare
development area, consistent with
Council’s Planning Scheme.
It is just the first development within the
broader Waraba area which covers 3,156
hectares, and will eventually be home to
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