Page 3027 - Week 10 - Friday, 8 October 2021
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Omit all text after paragraph (1)(a), substitute:
“(b) Molonglo Valley residents currently rely on services provided in Weston Creek;
(c) at the previous election, ACT Labor promised to “fast track” the delivery of the Molonglo Valley commercial centre, which will contain facilities such as:
(i) a police station;
(ii) a year 11-12 college;
(iii) a library;
(iv) a community precinct;
(v) emergency services;
(vi) health facilities; and
(vii) supermarkets, retail and commercial space;
(d) to deliver on this promise, the ACT Government will release land in accordance with the Indicative Land Release Program by 2023-2024;
(e) consultation for the development of the Molonglo commercial centre will start from the end of 2021 and continue into 2022; and
(f) on 11 June 2021, the National Capital Design Review Panel provided a peer review of the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate’s work for the Molonglo Group Centre and provided valuable input on areas of planning improvement; and
(2) calls on the ACT Government to:
(a) table the Molonglo Group Centre and Surrounds planning in full by the last sitting day in December, to allow elected Members and the wider community sufficient time to analyse this initial work; and
(b) update the Assembly by the last sitting day in December on when development of the Molonglo commercial centre is intended and outline plans for community consultation.”.
The planned Molonglo group centre will be a major retail and commercial centre for the Molonglo Valley. The commercial centre will provide Molonglo Valley residents with much-needed shopping facilities, including large scale supermarkets, retail, and commercial businesses, emergency services and other community facilities, such as education, an arts centre and a library.
The first step towards development of the Molonglo commercial centre is the release of land by the ACT government. This was anticipated to occur in 2021-22. The ACT government’s budget handed down this week has announced a delay to the release of those first parcels of land. The land is now set for release in 2023-24. I understand residents of Molonglo Valley and Weston Creek are disappointed by the delay—and I share that disappointment—but we want to get this right.
The Molonglo Valley community has stated the need for strong place-making outcomes in various projects across the region, and the ACT government has agreed
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