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(e) with less than a year to go, Molonglo’s 10,000 existing residents have yet to be consulted or provided with any detailed information about the current plans for the Molonglo commercial centre;
(f) on 11 June 2021, the National Capital Design Review Panel reviewed the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate’s (EPSDD’s) planning framework for the commercial centre, and advised that the current proposal:
(i) has no consideration of indigenous site history;
(ii) compromises the existing landscape character by requiring extensive cut and fill;
(iii) does not accommodate sufficient existing mature trees;
(iv) lacks an effective water management strategy;
(v) has not justified its current distribution of uses and associated densities;
(vi) does not outline an effective, well integrated movement network;
(vii) fails to articulate how it will deliver a safe and sustainable development; and
(viii) neglects the needs of the existing and fast-growing Molonglo Valley community;
(g) after 15 years of planning, this is an extraordinary critique of EPSDD’s ability to deliver high quality outcomes for the Molonglo Valley; and
(h) the Minister should be greatly embarrassed to receive such a report criticising the skills of his directorate and implying that they are stuck in the past; and
(2) calls on the ACT Government to:
(a) table the Molonglo Group Centre and Surrounds Planning Framework in full, to allow elected Members and the wider community sufficient time to analyse this critical piece of planning work ahead of next year’s land release;
(b) nominate a start date for construction on this group centre for the community to have an understanding of when their group centre is expected to begin being constructed; and
(c) report back to the Assembly on preparations for the release of the land for the Molonglo commercial centre and plan for community consultation by the last sitting day in November 2021.
As a proud member of this Assembly for Murrumbidgee, I have the enormous privilege of representing the people of the Molonglo Valley. This wonderful and diverse community has emerged from the grasslands of the valley over the last 10 years and has developed into its current form. The Molonglo Valley is currently experiencing significant residential growth, with a forecast population of nearly 35,000 by the end of this decade.
To date, the delivery of critical community facilities, shops and services in the Molonglo Valley has been plagued by significant delays and dysfunction, forcing
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