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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 6 Hansard (23 May) . . Page.. 1752 ..

Mr Humphries (continuing):

The Board has advised that Expressions of Interest for Stage 1A will be sought in May 1996. Stage 1A is expected to comprise a minimum of a supermarket, residential, specialty retail shops and offices. A site for an integrated community centre will also be serviced as part of this package. The program for construction will see the first shops opened in December 1997.

The construction of the entrance road to the Town Centre is part of the Government's Land Capital Works Program and will be open in March 1997.

(2)(a) and (b)

The Gungahlin Development Authority will be responsible for implementing proposals for the development of the Gungahlin Town Centre and Central Area as set out in the Variation to the Territory Plan. The Town Centre will be a new concept for Canberra. It is to be a high quality and vibrant urban environment with a flexible mixture of land uses developed in an integrated manner in the form of an urban village. The development is to be sustainable in environmental, social and economic terms, and no single developer or development type should dominate. An integral part of the development of the Town Centre and the Central Area is the embodiment of an innovative community and cultural development program for the whole of Gungahlin. The Board will oversee the development of this program and make recommendations to Government on how the program should be implemented.

(3) The Government expects that the Interim Gungahlin Development Board will call for Expressions of Interest from clubs and associations interested in developing facilities in the sports facility precinct in the Gungahlin Town Centre in June 1996

The Variation to the Territory Plan for the Gungahlin Town Centre and Central Area was approved by the Legislative Assembly in December 1995, following extensive consultation. The Government could not proceed with the Town Centre development until this variation process was completed Since that time

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