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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 01 Hansard (Thursday, 12 February 2004) . . Page.. 423 ..

Contracts for a further $1.532m of work will be completed over summer and autumn. These works will replace fire damaged trees and re-landscaping of urban areas in fire affected suburbs. Replanting will occur in neighbourhood parks, pedestrian spaces, main road verges, suburb entry plantings and street trees in Weston Creek, Woden and Tuggeranong.

The Spring/Summer program is replanting priority areas at the Duffy shops, the Duffy side of Hindmarsh Drive, both sides of Sulwood Drive near the Tuggeranong Parkway, the entrance to Mt Taylor Estate, Streeton Drive between Hilder Street and Cotter Road. Autumn 2004 planting will achieve planting to the Cotter Road median, Eucumbene Drive, Warragamba Avenue and Dixon Drive.

(4) Replacement of gutters, footpaths and associated works:

2003-04 - Replacement of gutters, footpaths and associated works ($100,000)

Zero has been spent till 30 November 2003.

This work will generally be undertaken after houses are reconstructed in fire affected suburbs to minimise damage by building activities. The Department will perform some ad hoc gutters and paths repairs during 2003-04.

(5) Rural road verges and fire fuel management plan:

2003-04 - Rural road verges and fire fuel management plan ($150,000)

$75,000 has been spent until 30 November 2003.

Fuel hazard reduction works have been planned and are in the process of being implemented along rural road verges in areas such as Cotter Road, Paddy Rivers Road, Coppins Crossing Road and Tharwa Dr.

(6) Bushfire Recovery Program – ACT Heritage Places:

Bushfire Recovery Program – ACT Heritage Places:

2002-03 - $100,000

2003-04 - $200,000

2002-03 - Bushfire Recovery Program – ACT Heritage Places ($100,000)

$100,000 was fully expended during 2002-03

The works were carried out on containment line surveys in Namadgi Nature Park, Gudgenby, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Gungahlin, Hall, Williamsdale, and Belconnen. Surveys were also undertaken of southern Namadgi; historic places within the ACT Forests such as Block 60, Rock Valley and Nil Desperandum and on additional historic places including surveys of historic brumby yards and border markers within Namadgi National Park. Lichen research was also undertaken at Rendezvous Creek.

2003-04 - Bushfire Recovery Program – ACT Heritage Places ($200,000)

$45,000 has been spent until 30 November 2003. The works carried out include:

• Heritage assessments of Nil Desperandum, Rock Valley, Blue Range and Laurel Camp;

• Surveys of ACT Forests sites (including Block 60), Namadgi Nature Park, Tidbinbilla Nature reserve, River corridors, and coordinating the registration of heritage places; and

• GPS recording of significant heritage sites

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