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MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND URBAN SERVICES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No. 392

Walking Tracks

MR MOORE: To ask the Minister for Finance and Urban

Services - -

(1) Can the Minister tell when the walking track on Mount Ainslie was completed and surfaced.

(2) Has the track been allowed to deteriorate or is there a particular program of maintenance.

(3) If there is a program of maintenance, how is that

program set out and is the track perceived to have a

limited life. _.

(4) What is the general policy of the Department with reference to maintenance and the maintenance program of such things as walking tracks and paths throughout Canberra.

Mr Duby - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) It is assumed that the track in question is the

track that leads from the back of the War Memorial to the

summit. Major renovations, including sealing, were

completed on the trail in 1982.

(2) The Mount Ainslie track has not been allowed to

deteriorate. The track is on Canberra Nature Parks

maintenance program and is due for major upgrading next

year. Over the past 9 years this trail has been subject

to general maintenance works on two to three occasions.

(3) As stated above, the Mount Ainslie trail is on a

general maintenance program, and is regarded as a

permanent trail.

(4) The departments general policy for maintenance is to

maintain trails for low key recreational use. Trails are

maintained so that they are safe for public use and are

aesthetically pleasing within a nature park. To minimise

maintenance requirements soil conservation practices are

used when constructing and maintaining trails. Trail

alignment, gradient, surface treatment and drainage

requirements follow soil conservation guidelines. A

program of trail maintenance exists as part of the

general maintenance program of all visitor facilities

within Canberra Nature Park.

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