Page 4056 - Week 13 - Thursday, 10 November 1994
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Mr Kaine: We already own them. Why would we give them away?
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MR WOOD: You have said it. We have exactly that security.
Mr De Domenico: Why did we give them a $25m guarantee?
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr De Domenico, you have had your questions.
Traffic Arrangements - Mount Neighbour Area
MS SZUTY: Madam Speaker, my question without notice is to the Minister for Urban Services, Mr Lamont. Last week I attended a public meeting convened under the roads and transport subprogram of your department at the Mount Neighbour Primary School about proposed traffic calming arrangements to be introduced in the local area. Can the Minister inform the Assembly about the nature of the work to be undertaken, the expected timeframe within which it will be completed, and at what cost?
MR LAMONT: I thank Ms Szuty for her question. The subject, as you are aware, Ms Szuty, was raised by a number of residents with great concern about their streets being used as rat runs - that is, persons not living in the vicinity use the arterial roads and suburban distributors as short cuts between an area outside the suburban form that they wish to get to and where they may be. In this case both light vehicular and heavy vehicular traffic was using these streets as a short cut between Tuggeranong and Belconnen. When we looked at the statistics of vehicle journeys through those areas and measured the numbers that were coming out the other side, it was quite obvious that that was the case. After extensive consultation with the immediate community and through the public meetings that were alluded to, it has been decided that traffic calming measures are necessary and they will be provided. That process concluded, Ms Szuty, only in the last week, as you would appreciate. The decision to embark upon that program was taken after extensive community consultation. The specific timeframe and the final costing of the options that were considered at that community meeting have not yet been made available to me, but I understand that they will be available within the next week to 10 days. On the basis of your question today, I will provide a direct response to your office when that information is available.
Harcourt Hill Development
MR HUMPHRIES: Madam Speaker, my question is also to the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning. I refer again to this $25m unconditional guarantee which the Government has given to the joint venture developer Harcourt Hill Pty Ltd. Was the Sydney based joint venture partner paid a consultancy fee by the ACT Government to produce the final proposal and plan for the Harcourt Hill development? Is this usual practice?
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