WA Labor may rely on a “use it or lose it” clause in a 12-year-old multimillion-dollar Barnett government-era land sale to Crown Resorts to seize back a portion of land where it plans to build the southern hairpin of its Burswood racetrack.
However, questions remain over whether the Cook government could fulfil its promise that it would not spend any money on the land, with the 2020 Victorian Crown Royal Commission revealing that clause allowed the state to buy the land back – not get it for free.
A noise survey of the Burswood racetrack. Credit: EPA/government
While the WA government remains tight-lipped on the final design of the controversial racetrack, noise and concept plans released as part of an environmental review on Thursday gave the clearest indication yet the course will travel into land owned by Crown.
A noise map shows the hairpin travelling within metres of the Crown Towers pool complex.
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