Page 3262 - Week 11 - Thursday, 13 September 1990
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$40m. As I said, this budget is an indication, I think, of the fine economic stewardship that this Government has provided.
In speaking to this budget, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like to go through some of the items that have been highlighted in terms of the capital works program. This budget, the Alliance Government's first budget, provides for a program of $238m for new capital works. This program, together with projects currently under construction, will provide cash expenditure of $192m during the 1990-91 financial year. There is no doubt that the construction industry provides a substantial contribution to Canberra's economy, and this program will make a substantial contribution to maintaining a healthy construction industry.
The construction projects included in the budget provide a balance between architectural and engineering construction, while providing new facilities for Canberra's growing community. The largest project included in this program is the hospital redevelopment program, which will commit $110m this year, Mr Deputy Speaker. Other major projects include public housing projects to the value of $35m. My colleague, Mr Collaery, has outlined that program in more detail. Another project involves arterial roads and major infrastructure works in Gungahlin in preparation for the future residential development in that district.
The works include trunk water mains and a water quality control pond on Ginninderra Creek intended to reduce the effects of development in Gungahlin on the quality of water in Ginninderra Creek and, of course, the Murrumbidgee River. The estimated value of this work is $12.6m. There are various infrastructure works in South Tuggeranong, including stormwater drainage, neighbourhood landscaping, street lighting and the like, in the suburbs of Condor, Gordon and Banks. The estimated value of that work is $5.6m. We will be continuing the Eastern Parkway, the Monaro Highway, from Newcastle Street to Morshead Drive, including a bridge across the Molonglo River, a major intersection and floodway structures in the Molonglo flood plain. The estimated value of that work, Mr Deputy Speaker, is $10.5m.
There will be roads and hydraulic services to the Gold Creek tourist area east of the Barton Highway. These works will enable the release of a number of sites in line with demand for tourist-associated activities. The estimated value of that work is $1.4m. We have the construction of a new community centre at Calwell, and refurbishment of existing community centres, particularly the Lollipop centre at Woden, which is also to be extended and will form the base for a range of services to be provided by the Woden Community Service. The estimated value of that work is $1.3m.
There is to be improvement and provision of facilities for public recreation at riverside, national parks and urban
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