‘Planning beyond the port’ …creating market confidence and environmental certainty

Ports Australia Conference Adelaide, October 2012

today’s discussion

Port planning -  lessons from the Churchill Fellowship Research -  differences in ports -  the ‘wish list’ -  the ‘fundamentals’

Creating market confidence and environmental clarity -  current issues -  ‘line-of-sight planning’ -  NPS and State Strategies -  Qld example

Further Research, Committee Work & Emerging Trends

Sir Winston Churchill Fellowship Singapore •  Port of Singapore •  Urban Redevelopment

Authority •  Marina Bay

Development Agency Shanghai •  Yangshan Deepwater

Port •  Urban Planning

Exhibition Centre Rotterdam •  Port of Rotterdam

Authority London •  Port of London

Authority •  Raymond Hall Pty Ltd •  Museum of London

Docklands

New York •  Port of New York & New

Jersey •  Bronx River Alliance Seattle •  Seattle City Council •  Regional Planning

Authority Vancouver •  Port Metro Vancouver •  Vancouver City Council Los Angeles •  Port of Los Angeles •  CALTRANS

“If you’ve seen one port…………..

………you’ve seen one port”

Port Planning: the ‘wish list’

How can we achieve…. ….land use certainty? ….greater stakeholder engagement? ….targeted infrastructure financing? ….strategic environmental protection? ….improved urban & regional outcomes? = increased investment confidence = increased productivity

Stewardship Strategic Alignment

Strategic Protection

Communication

Clarity

Port Planning: ‘the fundamentals’

Some lessons from the Churchill Research….

Singapore

Concept Plan ê

Master Plan ê

Development / Place Plans

STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT

MBDA   Port  URA  Na.onal  

Los Angeles

Port Interface Management Community Relations Proactive Governance Stakeholder Relations Range of leading environmental initiatives

STEWARDSHIP

Seattle

Innovative Statutory Provisions

Corridor Protection ‘Port Overlays’

Strategic PROTECTION

Rotterdam

Focus on Community & Stakeholders

Environmental Stewardship Historical Influence

STEWARDSHIP & COMMUNICATION

Rotterdam

Melbourne

Excellent Port Environs Information

Strong Advocacy State Government Action

Strategic PROTECTION, ALIGNMENT & COMMUNICATION

Helsinki

Excellent Engagement & Communication Clarity

COMMUNICATION

Dampier

Port  Master  Plans  

Regional  Plans  

NPS  

Council  Town  Plans  

NLFS  

Coastal  Plans  SPPs  

T’sport  Plans    

Freight  Plans  State  

Port  Strategy  

SDAs  

Creating market confidence & environmental clarity

……what does this create ?

•  Lack of certainty •  Lack of clarity regarding current AND future developments •  Lack of true/workable alignment •  Political tensions •  No clear ‘architecture’ for the port / major industrial

networks / critical transport systems (land & sea) •  Protracted assessment timeframes

the problem

Scope  of  Environmental  Assessments   Project  Reality  

How  to  reduce  this  gap  ?  

the problem

Scope  of  Environmental  Assessments   Project  Reality  

Dampier ‘line-of-sight-planning’

Regional   Local  State  Na.onal  

Port  Master  Plans  

NPS  Council  Town  Plans  

NLFS   Coastal  Plans  

SPPs  &  RPs  

Freight  Plans  

State  Port  

Strategy  SDAs   T’sport  

Plans    

+ Regulatory Reform….

Dampier ‘planning beyond the port’

the  port  

land  use  

transport  –  land  &  sea  access  

freight  access  

policy  

corridor  &  land  use  protec.on  

Benefits of system ‘architecture’

State & Territory Action now required !!

QPA ‘Directions Paper’

Emerging Issues, Committee Work & Research

Social Media

Social Media

Australian Application ?

City/Urban Areas •  education/communication – reinforce economic activity / use of space

Great Barrier Reef •  education/communication/research – reinforce positive messages etc

Could we add other information of interest ?

CLARITY, COMMUNICATION, ENGAGEMENT

Committee Work: PIANC

•  Working Group 158 – Port Master Planning •  Technical Report – Mid 2013

“Interface Planning & Management” Focus:

•  Application of ‘New Governance’ •  Strategic / Statutory Land Use Planning •  Transitional land uses in ‘interface’ areas •  Historical and Cultural influences •  Tensions between major infrastructure and urban areas •  Community/stakeholder engagement •  Influence of industrial design •  Impact of major infrastructure nodes on ‘place making’

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