Westport Alma Road Area Master Planning Vision Stage Initiated

BDC has allocated an initial sum from DIA funding to initiate Stage One �The Vision Plan� of a Master Planning exercise for Westport's Alma Road area. The scope of Stage One includes multi-hazard resilience and climate change adaptation, which is an enabler to development in areas with mitigatable risks.

The intention of the Master Plan is to ensure that a holistic and staged plan is produced that will allow growth in areas outside of hazard landscape � further to this the intention is also to ensure that Westport has an appropriately planned area to enable managed retreat over a period of time/circumstance.

Stage One � Vision Plan: The Vision Plan will look to create a �blue sky� vision of what a full-scale village development in the scope area will look like. This may also be a series of visions to ensure that optionality for growth, retreat etc are taken into account. Stages one and two will look to the area defined in figure 1 above.

Stage Two � Concept Plan: The Concept Plan will take the Vision Plan and seek to validate a chosen option by providing relevant SME works and reviews. This could be considered a bulk and location plan that showcases the relevant zoned areas (Commercial, Recreational, Industrial and Residential).

Further to this the concept plan should seek to address preliminary considerations required in respect to Geotech suitability, Natural Hazard/Risk identification and/or mitigation. Stage Two may or may not be included within this engagement, depending on the outcomes and acceptability of Stage One.