CHRIS THOMSON

The shape of a second marina next to the contentious Port Coogee has been refined and thrown open for public comment as part of a draft plan for the north Cockburn coast.

In July, oneperth.com.au revealed a second marina was being planned to adjoin the contentious Port Coogee into which there had been a Corruption and Crime Commission probe over Brian Burke’s involvement.

Before it received council and state approval, Australand’s sprawling Port Coogee had been subject to years of protests – mainly by Fremantle environmentalists who lived on the other side of the nearby Cockburn-Fremantle border.

Now, provision for a second marina has been included in blueprints released by state Planning Minister John Day.

The mooted marina is part of a revamp plan for the run-down area around the defunct South Fremantle power station.

When oneperth.com.au first shed light on the marina proposal it had been buried as a sketch in an attachment to a City of Cockburn document.

Now the marina’s shape has been filled in and it is included as a distinct possibility in several segments of the state government plan for the area.

Mr Day said releasing the plan for public comment was an important step forward.

He said the plan would pave the way for new residential, commercial, recreation, entertainment and tourism opportunities and a network of cycle and pedestrian paths.

Comments on the planned marina and the wider Cockburn Coast plan close on December 1.