What made the news in Cockburn – 9-16 July 2021

Normally sleepy Skeahan Street in Spearwood has been the site of three recent fire-bombing attacks, with the family saying it’s a case of mistaken identity. opens in a new window

Cockburn Mayor Logan Howlett has revealed he is considering a legal challenge into the state government inquiry into his council. opens in a new window

Cockburn Council has received $274,000 in state funding to protect C. Y. O’Connor Beach as southern suburbs’ beaches and homes were hammered by storms this last week. opens in a new window

Cockburn Deputy Mayor Lara Kirkwood says confirmation Jandakot has firmed as the location of WA’s first wave park is a great boon to the city’s plan to become a tourism destination. opens in a new window   Thursday, 15 July: The City of Cockburn has welcomed a $1.5m Lotterywest grant that will help fund a unique $11m Aboriginal Cultural and Visitors Centre on the western side of Walliabup-Bibra Lake on Whadjuk Nyungar Boodja (Country). opens in a new window Planned for completion by late 2023 on City controlled land adjacent to Bibra Lake Regional Playground on Progress Drive, the centre will include cultural education, meeting spaces, art and performance spaces, a visitors information centre and a café.

Tuesday, 13 July: The City of Cockburn is among 24 local governments and sporting organisations have shared almost $1 million under the McGowan Government's Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF) Small Grants. opens in a new window The City has received a total of $35,280 to upgrade change rooms at Tempest Park, Atwell Reserve and Santich Park.    The City of Cockburn has welcomed State Government coastal grants totalling nearly $274,000 to help fund projects to address persistent and costly erosion at C. Y. O’Connor Beach in North Coogee, including an engineered reef. opens in a new window A grant of $214,349 from the Coastal Adaptation & Protection Grants program 2021-22 will help install nearshore engineered reef modules up to 100m in length about 50m offshore from an eroding area of beach adjacent to the C.Y. O’Connor Reserve at the end of Rollinson Road, as part of a coastal management trial. Monday, 12 July:

Urbnsurf has reiterated its commitment to Jandakot as the home of Perth’s first wave park. opens in a new window Jandakot first emerged as a prospective wave park location in late 2019 after the State Government entered into discussions with the company for a 5.7ha site on Prinsep Road, in close proximity to the Kwinana Freeway and Armadale Road.   Sunday, 11 July: The McGowan Government is seeking a creative new name for a micro tunnel boring machine that will drill under the freight rail corridor near the Ranford Road Bridge, as part of the METRONET Thornlie-Cockburn Link project. opens in a new window The 3.5m long, 27,000kg micro tunnel boring machine will drill twin 100m tunnels under the existing freight rail corridor near the Ranford Road Bridge to enable Water Corporation's Serpentine Trunk Main to be relocated.