Council Approves 2025/26 Budget

Aerial view of the Hillarys
Published on: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
News type:
Media release
Categories:
City and council Residents
Suburb:
Multiple Suburbs

The Joondalup Council has approved the City’s 2025-26 Budget at its June meeting, including a rate in the dollar increase of 3.95 per cent, one of the lowest increases of any local government in Western Australia.

The process of preparing the 2025-26 Budget encompassed detailed budget analysis and preparation by the Administration, incorporating feedback from workshops with Elected Members.

It has been guided by a long-term financial planning framework aimed at securing the financial sustainability of the City, which has been reviewed in light of the current economic climate.

In recent years, through prudent financial management, the City has delivered modest rate increases, whilst being able to provide services and facilities that have consistently met the expectations of residents.

This has resulted in a cumulative rate increase of only 4.7 per cent over the past five years compared to the average rate increase of 13.6 per cent against benchmarked local governments.

The City has absorbed additional costs in recent years by finding efficiencies in delivering services, however the increase in revenue has not kept pace with the increase in operating expenditures.

The City will review its 10 Year Strategic Financial Plan to secure its sustainable financial position long-term.

The City strives to deliver on the 2025-26 Budget whilst maintaining alignment to the City’s Strategic Community Plan, Joondalup 2032, to ensure the City is delivering on the vision of “A global City: bold, creative and prosperous”.

Budget highlights include:
•    Hepburn Avenue upgrade – Lilburne Road to Walter Padbury Boulevard ($3.6 million)
•    Moolanda Boulevard pedestrian footbridge ($3.5 million)
•    Hepburn Avenue / Moolanda Boulevard roundabout construction ($1.25 million)
•    Duncraig Adventure Hub ($1.2 million)
•    Prince Regent Park facility upgrade ($1.2 million)
•    Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club redevelopment ($1.2 million)
•    Coastal and Estuarine Mitigation Program ($750,000)
•    Whitfords West Park pump and jump track design and construction ($740,000)
•    City Centre Place Activation ($680,000)
•    Joondalup City Centre lighting replacement ($600,000)
•    Burns Beach coastal node redevelopment ($540,000)
•    Hillarys Cycle Network Expansion ($400,000)
•    Eddystone Avenue upgrade works – Joondalup Drive to Honeybush Drive ($268,000)

Joondalup Mayor Albert Jacob said after the City paid down its remaining debt in the last financial year, it can be very proud of the 2025-26 Budget.

“I commend this Budget as it is one that we can take proudly to our community with something in there for everyone,” Mayor Jacob said.

“The City has one of the lowest rates in the dollar in the state, as well as an ambitious Capital Works Program that we are rolling out throughout our suburbs.

“I believe that the guiding principle for local government budgets must come back to ensuring that what we invest helps to increase the value of our ratepayers’ homes and properties.

“There is always going to be more that we can do, but this is a responsible Budget. It is ambitious in what it seeks to do, but also keeps us very much at the lower end of local government impost on our ratepayers, and in that way it is a well-balanced Budget.”

City of Joondalup ratepayers can sign up to the eRates service to receive their 2025/26 rates notices and instalment reminders by email. Register at joondalup.wa.gov.au.

Residents will be able to download the annual waste guide, greens tipping and shredded green waste (mulch) vouchers directly from the City’s website from 1 July 2025.

Budget highlights by suburb

  • Hartleap Lane mill and replacement roadworks ($112,000)
  • Craigie Drive (Ocean Reef Road to Sandalford Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($106,000)
  • Ocean Reef Road / Gwendoline Drive intersection upgrade ($100,000*) **
  • Gwendoline Drive (Ocean Reef Road to Gradient Way), median upgrade and safety improvements ($50,000)
  • Craigie Drive (Sandalford Drive to Coyle Road) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($81,000)
  • Gipsy Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($59,000)
  • Staff Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($58,200)
  • Haddington Park BMX track upgrade ($15,000)

  • Burns Beach café/restaurant/kiosk construction ($250,000*) **
  • Burns Beach coastal node redevelopment ($540,000*) **
  • Beachside Park shelters renewal ($150,000)

  • Fairway Park playspace renewal ($160,000)
  • Hodges Drive (eastbound, Mitchell Freeway to Joondalup Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($68,402*)
  • Portsea Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($34,000)
  • Long Island Pass infill lighting ($30,000)

  • Richards Crescent resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($222,180)
  • Fenellia Crescent pathway construction from Camberwarra Drive east to Otago Park ($128,000)
  • Craigie Leisure Centre roof replacement works ($110,000)
  • Construction of 4-way dual lane roundabout at Whitfords Avenue to connect Craigie Leisure Centre and Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park ($90,000*)
  • Perilya Road construction of on-street parking ($85,000*)
  • Loch View resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($60,000)
  • Macedon Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($32,200)
  • Stocker Court drainage upgrades ($25,000)
  • Elwood Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($19,800)

  • Delamere Avenue pathway renewal (southern verge, Marmion Avenue to Nashville Loop) ($206,000)
  • Caledonia Park sports lighting expansion ($535,000*)
  • Caledonia Park pathway lighting ($35,000)
  • Guardian Loop (Delamere Avenue to Lexington Heights) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($26,000)
  • Blythe Lane (Somersby Gardens to Thistle Grove) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($14,400)
  • Taroona Lane (Grecian Lane to Santa Ana Mews) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($14,400)

  • Duncraig Adventure Hub ($1.18 million*)
  • Hayfield Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($323,000*)
  • Juniper Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($261,000*)
  • Colgrave Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($215,800)
  • Sorrento Tennis Club replacement of cable network and conduits ($215,000)
  • Hepburn Avenue (westbound, Lilburne Road to Gibson Avenue) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($203,919*)
  • Percy Doyle Reserve car park works ($200,000)
  • Warwick Road (eastbound, Lilburne Road to Dava Street) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($198,057*)
  • Eucalypt Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($190,000)
  • Ella Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($128,000)
  • Dodonaea Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($126,800)
  • Beach Road (eastbound, Chessell Drive to Poynter Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($111,997*)
  • Portree Park playspace renewal ($104,000)
  • Winster Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($102,000)
  • Telopia Drive pathway construction (eastern verge, Nicholli Street to Granadilla Street) ($86,000)
  • Percy Doyle Reserve renewal of cabinet for football oval ($35,000)
  • Percy Doyle Reserve renewal of irrigation mainline for soccer pitch 3 ($30,000)
  • Warwick Road (west) construction of shared path and bicycle facilities, Mitchell Freeway to Marmion Avenue ($30,000)
  • Florian Place drainage upgrades ($20,000)
  • Percy Doyle Reserve cricket lighting upgrade ($15,000)
  • Telopia Park playspace renewal ($12,000)

  • Picnic Cove Park playspace and pathway renewal ($136,000) **
  • Emerald Park playspace renewal ($54,805) **
  • Passerine Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($37,200)
  • Whistler Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($29,200)
  • Opal Drive resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($25,400)
  • Jade Grove resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($10,800)
  • Topaz Gardens resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($5,400)
  • Warbler Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($4,400)

  • Hartley Park, Birch Park and Filbert Park landscape improvements ($450,000) **
  • Blackall Drive (Cockman Road to Filbert Street, Lobelia Street to Peppermint Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($245,700*)
  • George Sears Park playspace renewal ($104,000)
  • School connection pathway construction from Birch Park (along Birch Place and Carew Place) ($40,000)
  • Blackall Park playspace renewal ($12,000) **

  • Prince Regent Park facility upgrade ($1.2 million)
  • Balanus Way (Admiral Grove to Spirula Way) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($372,000)
  • Ramose Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($161,100)
  • Plankton Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($147,900)
  • Heathridge Park redevelopment ($100,000*) **
  • Deltoid Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($74,000)
  • Crawley Grove resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($7,800)
  • Henton Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($4,400)

  • Banks Avenue resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($196,900*)
  • Kimberley Road (Campbell Drive to Urbahns Way) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($169,000
  • Mertz Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($91,000)
  • Harbour Rise light pole surrounds replacement ($65,000) **
  • Broadbeach Boulevard pathway renewal ($55,000)
  • Banks Park lighting upgrade ($50,000)
  • Taylor Way drainage upgrades ($50,000)
  • Absolon Way drainage upgrades ($50,000)
  • Harbour View Park playspace renewal ($22,000) **
  • Hillarys Park parking improvements ($10,000) **
  • Gleddon Park sump beautification ($5,000) **

  • Iluka Foreshore cabinet renewal ($45,000)
  • Shenton Avenue pathway renewal (northern verge, Delgado Parade to Constellation Drive) ($144,000)
  • Iluka Open Space power upgrades ($15,000) **

  • Eddystone Avenue (Joondalup Drive to Honeybush Drive) upgrade works ($268,205*) **
  • City Centre Place Activation ($680,000*) **
  • Joondalup City Centre lighting replacement ($600,000) **
  • Collier Pass resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($360,500*)
  • Neil Hawkins Park redevelopment ($150,000*) **
  • Blue Lake Park cabinet renewal and drainage upgrades ($120,000)
  • Civic Precinct variable air valves replacement ($85,000) **
  • Joondalup Drive (southbound, Collier Pass to Aston Street) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($83,979*)
  • Joondalup Drive (Moore Drive to Burns Beach Road) streetscape upgrades ($50,000)
  • Water Tower Park playspace renewal ($41,300) **
  • Nanika Park playspace install ($37,112)
  • Manapouri Park lighting improvement ($20,000)

  • Whitfords West Park pump and jump track design and construction ($740,500*)
  • Curl Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($141,300)
  • Northshore Drive upgrade ($66,000*) **
  • Delaware Park pathway lighting installation ($45,000)
  • Awhina Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($13,400)

  • Moolanda Boulevard pedestrian footbridge ($3.5 million*)
  • Hepburn Avenue / Moolanda Boulevard roundabout construction ($1.25 million*)
  • Moolanda Boulevard (Halidon Street to Harness Street) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($404,390*)
  • Gilmore Street resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($250,640)
  • Handcock Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($180,000)
  • Sheridan Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($173,000)
  • Gurian Gardens resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($171,000)
  • Wodgina Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($114,000)
  • Tannadice Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($114,000)
  • Cabarita Lane (Legana Avenue to Gurian Gardens) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($108,000)
  • Burnside Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($100,000)
  • Buckhaven Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($96,000)
  • Feltham Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($76,240*)
  • Sherman Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($75,000)
  • Egret Heights resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($56,000)
  • Sears Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($53,000)
  • Gavin Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($39,520*)
  • Goollelal Primary School precinct improvements ($10,000) **
  • Moolanda Park playspace renewal ($8,000) **

  • MacNaughton Park facility upgrade ($50,000) **
  • MacNaughton Park northern bore system pump renewal ($20,000)
  • Menteith Park pump renewal ($12,000)
  • Stonehaven Park playspace renewal ($12,000) **

  • Ozone Road (Cliff Street to Leach Stret) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($129,120*)
  • Cliverton Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($31,000)

  • Meridian Drive (Transit Way to Mullaloo Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($357,500*)
  • Mullaloo Surf Life Saving Club changerooms refurbishment ($320,000) **
  • Anadara Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($114,660)
  • Angle Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($113,000)
  • Tom Simpson Park gazebo construction ($85,000)
  • Micrometer Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($82,000)
  • Lunar Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($78,000)
  • Tangent Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($64,600)
  • Neap Lane resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($60,000)
  • Control Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($40,400)
  • Sandsnail Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($35,960)
  • Triton Park bike skills track ($15,000) **

  • Santiago Park installation of new athletics and sporting infrastructure ($130,000)
  • Mirror Park west sump beautification ($100,000)
  • Lexcen Park bore renewal ($75,000)
  • Bounty Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($126,000)
  • Gemini Rise resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($101,800)
  • Watson Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($75,000)
  • Beaumaris Park pathway construction to Beaumaris Primary School ($25,000) **
  • Santiago Park parking improvements ($20,000) **
  • Mirror Park playspace renewal ($12,000) **

  • Hepburn Avenue upgrade (Lilburne Road to Walter Padbury Boulevard) ($3.6 million*)
  • Hepburn Avenue (eastbound, Marmion Avenue to Gibson Avenue) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($310,375*)
  • Brisbane Park playspace renewal ($166,150)
  • Macarthur Avenue resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($68,600)
  • Warner Drive resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($54,400)

  • Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club redevelopment ($1.2 million*) **
  • Hocking Parade (Keans Avenue to St Helier Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($216,000)
  • Sunset Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($86,000)
  • Seacrest Drive / Lacepede Drive roundabout resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($79,000*)
  • Breez Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($56,500)
  • Seacrest Park irrigation wiring renewal ($50,000)
  • Clare Park playspace renewal ($44,000)
  • Sandpiper Street resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($40,000)
  • St Helier Drive / Hocking Parade intersection resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($38,800*)
  • Lea Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($31,800)
  • Hakea Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($12,000)
  • Lacepede Park new playspace install ($12,000) **
  • Sorrento Primary School precinct improvements ($10,000) **

  • Warwick Open Space pitch 1 LED upgrade ($223,635*)
  • Ellersdale Avenue (Erindale Road to Dugdale Street) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($200,000)
  • Beach Road (eastbound, Warwick Station to Springvale Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($167,131*)
  • Bagley Road drainage upgrades ($25,000)

  • Chichester Park skate and play facilities ($450,000*) **
  • Chichester Park north practice wicket renewal ($205,000*)
  • North Woodvale Primary School precinct improvements ($200,000)
  • Timberlane Drive (McCubbin Boulevard to Castlegate Way) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($159,470)

  • Coastal and Estuarine Mitigation Program ($750,000) **
  • Leafy City Program ($500,000)
  • Hillarys Cycle Network Expansion ($400,000*) **
  • Tennis Court Resurfacing Program ($270,000)
  • Smart Bore Water Meter Connections ($200,000*)
  • Short Life Services Renewal Program ($200,000)
  • Tree Planting Program ($175,000)
  • Building Component Renewal Program ($120,000)
  • Irrigation Infrastructure Renewals ($115,000)
  • Road Preservation and Rehabilitation Program ($100,000)
  • Minor Pathway Works ($100,000)
  • Environmental Initiatives ($100,000)
  • Bollard and Fencing Renewal Program ($80,000)
  • Coastal Fencing Program ($60,000)
  • Bushland Reserve Fencing Program ($60,000)
  • Parks Asset Replacement / Renewal Program ($60,000)
  • Lighting Infrastructure Renewal Program ($60,000)
  • Bus Shelter / Stops Program ($55,000)
  • Natural Areas Asset Improvement Program ($50,000)
  • Shade Sail Installation Program ($50,000)
  • Minor Road Safety Improvements ($50,000)
  • Stormwater Drainage Upgrades ($50,000)
  • Stormwater Renewal Program ($50,000)
  • Building Capital Upgrade Works ($50,000)
  • Park Seating Renewal ($40,000)
  • Park Vehicle Entry Renewal ($30,000)
  • Iron Filter Roof Covers ($30,000) **
  • Elevated Watering Stations ($25,000) **
  • Bridge and Underpass Refurbishment Program ($25,000)
  • Major Road and Intersection Improvement Improvements ($25,000)
  • Distributor and Local Road Lighting ($20,000)

NOTE: Funding shown is for 2024/25 only
* Subject to grant and/or external funding.
** Multi-year project.

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