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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 3 Hansard (24 March) . . Page.. 750 ..

Mr Corbell: Relevance, Mr Speaker. I do not know what the national secretary of the ALP has to do with Dennis Street in Garran.

MR SPEAKER: Thank you. I uphold the point of order.

MR SMYTH: Almost over. I guess they are stuck on the roundabout, Mr Speaker. The question for Mr Stanhope is: Which of his spokesmen is right? Is it the Right? Is it the Left? Is it Urban Services? Or is it his planning spokesman? Should we put them in or should we pull them out?

Mr Hird: Mr Speaker, could we have that document that the Minister referred to tabled and incorporated in Hansard?

MR SPEAKER: If that is your wish?

Mr Hird: Yes.

MR SMYTH: Certainly. I will table the letter.

MR SPEAKER: Is leave granted to incorporate it in Hansard?

Leave granted.

The letter read as follows:

Dear Mr Flanagan

Thank you for sending me a copy of the letter that you wrote to the Minister, regarding the traffic arrangements at Dennis Street.

I visited Dennis Street about a month ago and made representation to the Minister regarding the problems associated with the closure of the street. It is illogical and absurd to redirect traffic past a school, which is already congested in the mornings and afternoons.

From the contact that my office has had with the Minister's office, it appears that the delay to remove the barriers is bureaucratic. I have been informed that the island will be removed and a sign will be erected to warn motorists to take care because children are playing. The delay appears to be with the construction of the sign and once this has been completed the island will be removed.

It is obvious that the traffic arrangements at Dennis Street have not been sufficiently thought through and the consultation process poorly managed. Hopefully the traffic island will be removed sooner rather than later.

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