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Alkimos Aquatic and Recreation Centre
Latest Update on Alkimos Aquatic Recreation Centre
The Alkimos Aquatic and Recreation Centre is now in the detailed design phase following community feedback on the concept plan. The concept plan showcases a fully–featured aquatic recreation facility which is only possible with an additional $30 million in funding. To date, both the federal Labor and federal Liberal parties have committed to provide an additional $25 million and $30 million respectively thanks to the community and the City pooling together to advocate for additional funding.
Funding situation
The project currently has funding of $40 million. However, the cost to deliver all the facilities on the concept plan is $70 million. An additional $30 million in funding is therefore required to deliver a full-featured aquatic and recreation facility in your community. For more information about the funded and unfunded facilities within the AARC, review the concept plan.
With the funding commitments now made by the federal Labor and Liberal parties, the City is on track to deliver a full-featured facility if one of the parties is elected in the upcoming federal election.
Following the federal election, the City will work towards ensuring the funding promised by the incoming Government as well as relevant elected members is honoured.
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Concept plan engagement
Thank you to everyone who participated in the latest community engagement on the Alkimos Aquatic and Recreation Centre (AARC), which was conducted over 8 weeks between December 2021 and January 2022.
The purpose for the engagement was to get feedback on the draft concept plan, which was made available through an online interactive plan.
Even though the engagement period is now over, you can still view the plan, people’s comments, votes and video walk through.
Background
In July 2020 the City of Wanneroo Council endorsed a business case for the Alkimos Aquatic and Recreation Centre.
The new centre will transform Alkimos Central and bring significant social and economic benefits to the area and surrounding suburbs. The site will have easy access for the general public through the planned METRONET Alkimos train and bus stations, and via the Mitchell Freeway extension.
The construction of a public swimming pool in our northern coastal suburbs has been a high priority for the City for a number of years. In February 2018, Council unanimously carried a Motion on Notice approving the inclusion of an Aquatic and Recreation Centre development in the City’s Advocacy Strategy.
Currently, the only public aquatic facility servicing the City is Wanneroo Aquamotion, which includes a 25 metre indoor lap pool. For many residents, the closest facilities are HBF Arena and Craigie Leisure Centre in the City of Joondalup. The new North Coast Aquatic and Recreation Centre will be ideally placed to meet increased demand and provide greater convenience for residents of our northern coastal suburbs.
The business case recommends a staged approach to establishing aquatic facilities in the northern growth corridor; first at Alkimos Central and a second facility at Yanchep in the longer term, as Yanchep develops.
Key Dates
Phase 1 - Public comment period (Complete)
3 January 2021
Date: 04/01/2021
Community Engagement, Phase 2 - Concept Plan Review (Closed)
December 2021 to January 2022
Date: 31/01/2022
Detailed Design Phase
September 2022 to mid 2024
Date: 30/06/2023
Construction Phase
Mid 2024 – Mid 2026
Date: 30/06/2023
Documents
Alkimos and Aquatic Recreation Centre - location map 104 KB
Advocacy 2021 Liveability - Alkimos Aquatic and Recreation Centre fact sheet 366 KB
Alkimos ARC Community Survey Results 362 KB
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Hi. This morning (Sunday 22 Jan) my partner & I travelled from our home in Butler to Craigie Pool, at Whitfords Avenue. Although very enjoyable & well worth the trip, it would be immensely convenient for us (& many others in & around Butler) if the Alkimos pool was "open for business". Hopefully we won't have too long to wait for this!
This is a great plan and it will be wonderful when completed. This will be used by the growing population in the Northern Wanneroo area. It will also provide employment and business opportunities.
I am in favour of the Aquatic centre/sports centre being built. I would make use of the facilities.
I would like to make some suggestions as a physiotherapist working with clients with severe neurological disabilities on the construction of the Alkimos Aquatic Centre.
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I am a physiotherapist working at MSWA in Butler and Joondalup. We have a lot of patients who are severely disabled and would benefit mightily from hydrotherapy, however are restricted in where they can attend, and in two years I have been unable to locate a suitable pool or a swimming pool organization willing to take on such clients.
I am currently travelling to Craigie Leisure Centre to use their SPA, steam room and swimming pool. Would be great if our City of Wanneroo could provide these facilities at Alkimos ARC. Thanks.
We need the pool for this area
An aquatic centre is essential for the ever growing young population moving north in the Wanneroo Shire.
The location easy access and parking are as important as the design of the building. Wanneroo Aquamotion is tucked away out of site, inadequate parking and the pool is too small. Lets hope the current Council learns from the old Shire mistakes.
This needs to happen sooner!
Long over due can’t wait to have a swim in a big pool close to home and great fun for all the family to keep in shape and exercise together! My grandies are super excited !
Cant wait for this to open and have the local schools be able to use it for swimming lessons. 20 to 30 mins each way to the Arena for vac swim lessons takes a chunk out if their school day.
Please dont do a half job with the new centre, do it properly or not at all.
Give us something to be proud of, not a, what it could have been.
Concept Plan looks great. Congratulations on being proactive in getting this project started so that it will be coming on line in conjunction with all the other developments in this area are
Fantastic, this amenity is so long overdue. Please make it a space for rehabilitation and obviously room to grow in the future if needed. Bring it on. Vaccinated and proud
I wanted to express that i do not support this going ahead. Why should ratepayers that are unvaccinated have to pay for services that they are unrightfully discriminated against being able to use. Absolutely disgusting.
This will be great so close . Some where to go and exercise as we gracefully age. Live in the aria over 60 years. This will be fantastic.
Love this! looks great! well done.
It is amazing
For the size and population of alkimos and shire of Wanneroo stretching up to Yanchep we are crying out for a sports complex and leisure pool. It is long over due and will be an amenity that will be well used by all families and community members.
I support the ARRC. Getting the community into a centre like this has so many benefits.Physically and mentally it’s a no brainer. The growth in the area shows it will be fully supported. Sooner the better!
I live in Clarkson. How about an Aquatic Center for Clarkson? We don’t even have a community centre here. Nor a sports facility. I think our community deserves better.
Can the centre and gym do FIFO membership as the current gym I belong to does but I love a swim after my workout and looking to change
Thanks
I support the Alkimos Pool and Rec Centre whole heartedly. We need it here in the northern suburbs.
1783 supporters? What about the 5000 that supported it by signing the petition?
Hi Blair
Thank you for your comment on the City’s Your Say community engagement webpage, querying why the number of supporters was 1,783, given more than 5,000 people signed petitions in 2018 and 2019.
These petitions provided compelling support for the
enough chit chat just get on and build the thing.
It would be great to have a splash/water fun area for kids to explore and run around in, diving board and slide for the teenagers.
Can't w a it. Sooner the better
Swimming Pools are desperately needed in the Northern Suburbs.
Thank you!
PS. Please make sure you include enough family change rooms so parents can take their kids to a safe private area to change or assist with toileting.
2026 completion date 🤷♀️
Seriously why wouldn’t it be built in conjunction with the freeway and train projects
The area is crying out for these sort of projects which most councils have in place
I think it is absolutely great.
However maybe you could look at the seating up against the glazed wall at 4.48m on the main video with people seating backs up against the window, possibly noisy. Maybe the lower panel should be patterned or opaque. Maybe glazing could also be double glazed at that point.
I agree an aquatic centre is needed BUT I dont agree that extra money should be spent in this area, as there are many private gyms that can supply these facilities and the money should be spent in Yanchep and Two to develop sea based swimming facilities ie. around the Yanchep Lagoon or Two rocks Marina to give SAFE and formal facilities for proper swimming particularly for SENIORS that find difficulty in transversing the sand.
Wow.. that will be awesome!
Would be fantastic for the local area. A great facility.
Support the idea for pool.
We have needed this for afew years now. Lovely design. Hope it gets started sooner than later
All for a pool in alkimos it would be a great adaptation for the community
Would be great to have a pool in Alkimos
Would LOVE for the aquatic centre to go ahead in Allara. Something like this is much needed this far north of Joondalup.
Absolutely fantastic. Great to see some slides. In the leisure pool is there somewhere for kids to jump in or it is too shallow? The grass area at Craigie is great for families to have picnics after a swim, the only grassed area by the outside pool I could see was near the slides… would it be considered to make this area feel not so segregated?
We need this Aquatic Centre in Alkimos.
Pool please
There are no Australian standards for the design of public pool water treatment plants, creating health risks for pool users, particularly for children under 6 years old with immune systems, lungs & neural pathways still developing. In my 45 years of experience in designing and reporting on over 100 Council pools with problems, DIN19643 is the only independently written standard that adequately deals with all relevant aspects for the design of public pool water treatment plants. Please ensure your Aquatic Engineer uses that standard.
Looks fantastic so pleased as it was just a dream to have something like Scarborough’s and looks like we’ve got that 💫
I think that this is a great idea to have a aquatic centre up this way instead of having to go all the way to joondalup hopefully its built to a decent size as I can imagine it will get quite busy..
This would be an excellent facility which would benefit the whole community!
Please can - squash courts, tennis courts, lawn bowls be included in the build
Looking forward to having this acquatic centre in Alkimos as well needed on this side of waneroo.
I would like to learn swimming my age is 26
We desperately need another hospital in the north. Joondalup can't cope as it is . Let alone with the expansion of the north. Think our tax money spent on medical would be better.
Amazing facility. The pool requires a 2nd look. 25m Lap/Learn to swim will be such a limiting pool for any kids under 6 LearnToSwim programs. The warm water pool will be a favorite among elderly lap swimmers and you are gonna find its also most suitable for little kid classes, which make a great revenue stream. You can't have both in the same pool same time and expect to capitalize on either. Needs a LTS pool and the families will come! We do supply an innovative WW/LTS movable pool floor option for a range of programming options.
Sports indoor court like basketball
The concept plan in the video looks absolutely wonderful. I just hope it gets approved, built and open within my lifetime! It may cost a lot of money but it would serve the fast growing community for a very long time. Go Alkimos!
Please do this we need it !
This is an absolute no brainer. A definite must!
50 meters pool needs to be added, outdoor toddler area and way more shade, also a playground and bbqs outside
What an absolutely stunning design . A 50 mt pool a must as we have many schools being built in the northern corridor which will require these facilities. I hope there will be good amenities for people with a disability so they can access all areas without restrictions
Could there be fast tiles for possible underwaterhockey?
Excellent facility, pity the timeline is so long.
We need a pool . Please build one
This aquatic and recreation centre will be a great attraction for the area.. as a local resident of quinns that is wanting to buy a house & land package in alkimos i say deffiantly go ahead with it..
I love the range of different pools available, myself and the locals often talk about how much we could use a public pool in the area!
What a great addition to alkimos , for its residents famillys and surrounding suburbs
Great idea would love to see this is our community that is forever rapidly expanding
Please add a coupla decent size divung boards .not just a plain ol pool
Fantastic idea! Great for the community to have leisure activity like this. Thank you!
Looks fantastic, 50m is a must for the pool. More outdoor areas due to Covid and as our newer suburbs are smaller blocks lots of outdoor playing area with shade would be more important some other areas, also outdoor exercise tracks for jogging and running.
I think this is an amazing idea! Open up new jobs, bring the community together, the recreation centre will help people increase fitness and health. Wanneroo counsel need to support and fund this.
💯 support this, an excellent addition to the Alkimos area. All I ask is that you make it affordable for families to use.
How can you ensure that this will not be a financial disaster at rate payers expense and major disappointment as experienced with Kingsway Splash which was promoted with fantastic picture's of a water park for $400K and ended up no more than a few squirter jets for $700K with $92K annual maintenance fees.
Yes please! I am very excited to hear about this. The nearest Recreational centre I have to use is craigie due to hbf in Joondalup being much to small (swimmer)
This is an amazing development for residents in the area from Yanchep, Alkimos, Butler. Easy train access for other Wanneroo Shire residents.
It would be great if the 50m pool was indoors or at least shaded.
This amount of money spent in one suburb is wrong and should be spent in the new City of Yanchep.
Long overdue and needs to be fast tracked especially with the increasing population growth. A 50m pool is a must. More outdoor seating areas would be beneficial especially with increase of covid. Outdoor kids sprinkler area similar to Craigie. Ceilings could be raised slightly to let more light in. A lazy pool would add to the leisure pool. Squash court would be nice along with sauna and tennis court. Two storey might be an option to include additional rooms for kids and adult classes similar to hbf joondalup. Room for running track / tennis court and ample parking for sporting events.
All looks very neat and tidy and to a very high standard.
But wouldn’t this be a perfect opportunity to build something ‘new’ in terms of concept?
There is nothing different here to say, Craigie Leisure centre, it’s just new.
Take it to a whole new level with bigger slides. wave pool, indoor surfing etc.
Set a new standard for others to follow.
You shouldn’t build this because you have to. You should build it because you want to, and make people proud.
Always strive for a higher level and greatness.
Great plans and very much needed in our rapidly expanding area.
Please consider swapping the kids splash pool and the lap pool so the kids area is closer to the slides. Also is there an area for kids outside being considered with shading. I think the rest of the design looks beautiful and can not wait for this to be built.
Im all for any development in the area - the population is growing rapidly, but facilities are seriously lacking.
Please consider employing residents from butler to two rocks first.
This looks world class. I would like to add that during construction shire should leave as much of the natural bush untouched or replant as much as possible to ensure we dont just have a huge concrete/ steel edifice. Incorporating suitable landscaping would encourage families to use the outdoor pool/garden areas as a day outing much like days gone by when we had picnics at the pool as well as tje undercover seating for when competitions are held.
I think this is a great idea! I love to live by the sea but not swim in it and we are a long way from any rec centres. It’s perfect for the ever growing northern suburbs
Great plan! So much opportunities for people in the northern region of Perth
Great idea, wrong location should be closer to Wanneroo
Due to the increasing population growth within the City of Wanneroo a 50metre 10 lane pool would meet the future needs of the community, anything less is a compromise
Please provide a spa/sauna area please. Most of us have to travel down to cragie leisure centre which is very far for us to travel.
It is very sandy up in Alkimos - if you are planning an outdoor pool this needs to taken into consideration. Beyond that it looks great. Raise rates if you have to. Attach a library and an ice skating rink to make it the envy of Perth while you are at it.
this needs to happen asap!
This would be amazing for residents in Alkimos and surrounding suburbs and definitely needed.
This is very much needed in our area. This will allow further clubs for our children and not have to drive 30 mins for swim club.
Facilities look fantastic. Would love an outdoor area for young children rather than just indoor. Also hoping consideration to the acoustics within the indoor pool area has been considered. At all other city of Wanneroo pools it is so noisy in the inside pool areas when busy it makes it difficult to hear - safety risk and less enjoyable.
Would also like more outdoor grassed seating/lounging area. Similar to Craigie and Claremont centres.
I have 2 young kids and an aquatic centre would be amazing in our community
Looks great. Please don't replace the pool with sprinklers this time, like the city did to the Kingsway water park.
What a fantastic concept. Love it and will be a great place to attend. Cant wait for it yo become a reality. Please include plenty of parking and healthy snack options. So excited for this
Fantastic idea and very much needed.
The design is great and covers everything
Healthy options for eating ?
Please make sure there is enough parking as that is always a problem
This looks amazing!! So excited for something like this being built up this way. It’s been a long time coming!
Totally support this project. Such a growing community requires this project to happen as soon as possible.
Wonderful news . Love the concept and it will benefit our community . I have a 2 year old so will definitely be taking her there when you open in a few years time . There is something for everyone . Fresh and new .
Ridiculous to only be building a 25m pool. Do you have any idea how many local schools miss out on lessons due to the lack of pools. Build it 50m and 2 more in the shire
I think it will be wonderful to have a outdoor pool in alkimos my daughter trains 5 days a wk at arena , being close to home in quinns wiill be Awsome 👌
Would be better suited on the East Side of Yanchep's Splendid oval where I thought a Sports centre was going. I also thought a hospital was to built near the Splendid Oval. I understand population drives these decisions but having all these facilities built south of Yanchep in already densely populated and congested areas seems so bizarre when you have all this space in Yanchep to develop housing around facilities. As a resident of Yanchep for over 8 years and living in Quinns Rocks prior, I question why Alkimos planning and its coastal surrounds seems to be taking precedence over Yanchep.
Looks fantastic would love badminton to be included
This looks fantastic thank you Wanneroo council for bringing recreational leisure to the higher northern suburbs
We are in desperate need of a 50m pool. A 25m pool rules out competitive swim squads, long distance swimmers, surf lifesavers and triathletes. Looks like I’ll still be spending my money in Joondalup at Arena or Craigie. What a hugely wasted opportunity.
The overall concept is awesome, as this area from Clarkson to Two Rocks is not currently being catered for especially in the aquatic domain.
To make this facility fully functional, however, this outdoor 50m pool needs to be made accessible to be used for the Education department swimming program.
I LOVE these plans
Can you please consider children in the warmer months and add an outdoor pool or splash zone for them with grassed area please. Otherwise families will still need to travel to Craigie. Thank you.
Good idea, area needs to have one, and it’s perfect location.
Looks fantastic
Yes
Please include a sauna.
The walk through design looks unique & amazing. I was wondering if there’s room for a lazy pool…something fun for families. One with a outdoor garden, fountains, a lazy ride round a rapid flowing water as well as a outdoor cafe.
This project looks great, although there is no outside wading pools, playground apparatus, bbq facilities, lawn to sit on or outdoor gazebos for families and/or extended families to gather for birthdays, family occasions, outing etc. This is an opportunity to create a a whole family destination.
It looks cool, but is a huge amount of money for something so far away. Money should be sent on suburbs closer to the Wanneroo townsite, why not spend the money upgrading Aquamotion
This is a very impressive AARC and, as we are now over 70 years old, we hope we get to enjoy it when completed. Much needed up our way as we live in Quinns Rocks and no doubt it takes into account the increasing number of residents who will utilise this venue by the time it is completed. Hope the design, building etc and running costs are environmentally sustainable. The gymnasium was an open design and not a lot of privacy. The sports centre will take the pressure of HBF Joondalup and less travelling time for those who will use it.
Hi,
It looks very impressive. There is so much information about the health benefits of cold water bathing so why not become really state of the art by including cold plunge pools and infra red saunas. A juice bar with healthy food instead of the usual crap on offer. A strong focus on health could also include some meditation classes.
hi, interesting information,i suppose,but nothing on the model or completion date ?? it is summer ! thanks
ive lived here for more than 30yrs.it would be wonderful to have a local pool.other suburbs seem to be getting infrastructure a lot sooner & faster than the coastal area.we dont have any sports centre,kingsway is upgraded.we have nothing.no bowling,aged centre,sports centre.the kids here are bored silly.even the youth centre at clarkson doesnt have any classes & isnt even open after 4pm?? it seems its just for hire.the same at gumblossom hall.there used to be craft classes etc now theres nothing.
mentiond is the aquamotn outdoor deepwater pool.when i askd about using this as the inside pools are full of splashing kids, i was told it couldnt be used without a lifeguard & they didnt have anyone.similar at the arena,99% of the main pool is also full of kids,shooting water pistols etc.adults want to enjoy a pool not be confined by so many other users.the main pool there i was told was only for school groups.it sits there metres away & empty! surely they can make provision for this to be an adults pool.
Copy of the Cockburn ARC would be amazing, that is the one thing I miss about living SOR!
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