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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 638

Traffic and Pedestrian Study - Hughes and Garran

Mr Westende - asked the Minister for Urban Services - In relation to the Hughes/Garran Traffic and Pedestrian Study

(1) Is the Minister satisfied that there has been adequate community consultation.

(2) Have the views of the residents of Hughes and Garran played any part in the final

recommendations of the consultant; and what are these recommendations.

(3) As the residents of Hughes and Garran generally want to see a reduction in traffic through

their suburbs will the recommendations of the consultant achieve this and at what cost.

(4) As one of the main contributing factors to the traffic volumes through Hughes and Garran is

believed to be caused by people travelling to the Woden Valley Hospital via Kent and

Kitchener Streets instead of travelling via Yarra Glen and Yamba Drive, could some

consideration be given to providing clearer signage to the hospital at the Adelaide

Avenue/Kent Street junction that would direct traffic along Yarra Glen.

(5) Has consideration been given to constructing roundabouts at the Yamba Drive/Wisdom

Street/Launceston Street intersection and the Yamba Drive/Kitchener Street/Ainsworth

Street to free up traffic flow along Yamba Drive which may encourage more people to use

this route to the hospital instead of a supposed short cut through Hughes and Garran.

(6) Has consideration been given to closing Kent Street at the Northern side of Carruthers Street

to stop the through traffic flow through Hughes and Garran from Adelaide Avenue.

(7) Has consideration been given to trialing a roundabout at the intersection of Gilmore Crescent

and Kitchener Street and at Gilmore Crescent and Palmer Street.

(8) Has consideration been given to redesigning the Yarra Glen/Melrose Drive/Yamba Drive

roundabout.

(9) Has the Government taken cognisance of the views of the Council of the Ageing and their

suggestion for a roundabout at Hughes Park to still retain viability of the Hughes Shopping

Centre.

Mr Connolly - the answer to the members question is as follows:

(1) Yes. There has been extensive public consultation with the Hughes and Garran community,

consisting of three public meetings (two with the community and one with street

representatives elected by the community to represent their views), a questionnaire,

information leaflets which were hand delivered to each household in the area and a public

display at the Hughes shops accompanied by questionnaire forms to enable the community to

respond to the display.

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