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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3339 ..

MR KAINE (continuing):

Madam Deputy Speaker, on 2 September 1997, the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment tabled its report on Ginninderra Drive and Mouat Street, Lyneham. I am pleased to table the Government's response to that report. I believe that the standing committee has taken great care and time in preparing its report, with the views of all of the relevant stakeholders taken into account. The Government's response to the recommendations has also been given careful consideration, producing what I believe to be a positive outcome.

In summary, the Government supports recommendation 1 for the removal of the Ginninderra Drive reservation from the National Capital Plan. The Government also supports recommendation 2 for an immediate start on the installation of traffic lights at the Mouat Street and Brigalow Street intersection. Funds have been identified for this project - not easily, but we found the money to do it. The safety improvements at the intersection of Mouat and Archibald streets have been endorsed by the ACT black spot consultative panel, chaired by Senator Margaret Reid.

Recommendation 3, requesting the Federal Government to advance its timing for the duplication of the Barton Highway, is also supported. As I indicated earlier, I have written to the former Minister at the Federal level on that issue. In response to recommendation 4, the Government agreed not to provide noise attenuation measures for homes fronting Mouat Street at present, as this would be likely to set a precedent. The Government is not aware, however, of other jurisdictions in Australia which provide this type of noise attenuation measure for residents. Madam Deputy Speaker, I appreciate the time of members and the standing committee in considering this important issue.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MR BERRY (Leader of the Opposition): Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a personal statement, pursuant to standing order 46. In question time, I referred to a batch of figures. It is only a tiddler; but I think I may have misled the Assembly and I would like to correct it. I think I talked about three months in a row with negative gross State product. The fact of the matter is that it was the December, March and June quarters of 1996-97 where the ACT had shown a negative gross State product. I did say that it was a negative gross State product in relation to the June 1996 to June 1997 quarters. This was the only place in Australia where that occurred; that is true.

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