WEST Australian Planning Minister John Day has released the Perth Waterfront Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) amendment for public comment.

The purpose of the amendment is to rezone the land necessary for the Perth Waterfront project from a range of infrastructure and recreation related reserves to a single Public Purpose Special Use reserve.

Mr Day described the amendment as another tangible step towards making the waterfront project a reality.

"The Perth Waterfront project is one of the highest profile projects for Perth and this scheme amendment will help establish the planning framework and allow further technical investigations and works to be carried out," Mr Day said.

The amendment applies to approximately 19.75 hectares of land and waters in the MRS, including:

• 6.147 hectares of Parks and Recreation reservation;
• 8.454 hectares of Waterways reservation;
• 2.278 hectares of Primary Regional Roads reservation; and
• 2.866 hectares of Other Regional Roads reservation.

According to the Western Australian Planning Commission, the amendment boundary has been determined to provide sufficient flexibility for the detailed planning and design of Perth Waterfront. The amendment does not intend to facilitate the development of the entire amendment area.

The release of the amendment for public comment follows a funding commitment and release of design plans from the WA Government last week.

The Perth Waterfront Metropolitan Region Scheme amendment and the Environmental Assessment Report, which outlines the environmental factors for consideration and proposed management measures, will be open for public comment until Friday, May 27.

More information is available from the PlanningWA website at <http://www.planning.wa.gov.au>.