Page 1402 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 16 April 1991
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .
Item (ii) Civic Pedestrian Pavement Improvements Stage 2
costing $225,029 included pavement improvements to:
(a) Petrie Plaza between the Carousel and Honda Street.
(b) Honda Street (southside) between Binary Street and Akin Street.
(c) Mangan Street Between London Circuit and Allard Street.
(d) Allard Street between Mangan Street and City Walk.
(e) City Walk between Akin Street and Allard Street.
Included in both the projects above was the upgrading of the street furniture.
(3) The work described in (2) above it was generally
replacement of existing pedestrian paving.
In items (i) (a),(b) and (c) concrete, bitumen and granite gravel were replaced with pink payers.
In item (i) (d) existing tumbled payers were replaced with tumbled pink payers.
In item (ii) (a) repairs to existing pavement.
In items (ii) (b),(c) and (d) concrete, bitumen and granite were replaced with pink payers.
In item (ii) (e) a 1.5 metre wide concrete pedestrian path in a high use area.
(4) In the cases where existing paving was replaced with
pink payers the reasons for this action are as
follows:
In items (i) (a),(b) and (c) potential trips had started to appear over a period of time in the pavement as either cracks or upheavals caused by tree roots. The pavement was replaced to avert further claims against the ACT Government arising from personal injury.
In item (i) (d) existing pink payers with tumbled edges were replaced in response to public complaint concerning this type of paving and to avert further claims against the ACT Government arising from personal property damage and personal injury.
1402
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .