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ACTION bus service—bus stop seats
(Question No 183)

Mr Coe asked the Minister for Transport, upon notice, on 2 April 2009:

(1) How many seats were installed at bus stops in the (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 financial year to 31 March 2009.

(2) In what suburbs were the seats installed.

Mr Stanhope: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1. (a) 264 (b) 16

2. The seats were installed in the following suburbs:

Ainslie, Amaroo, Aranda, Campbell, Charnwood, Chisholm, City, Cook, Curtin, Deakin, Dickson, Downer, Duffy, Dunlop, Evatt, Fadden, Farrer, Fisher, Florey, Fraser, Garran, Gilmore, Giralang, Gordon, Gowrie, Greenway, Griffith, Gungahlin, Hackett, Harrison, Holt, Isaacs, Kaleen, Kambah, Kingston, Lyneham, Lyons, Macgregor, McKellar, Melba, Monash, Narrabundah, Ngunnawal, Nicholls, O’Connor, O’Malley, Oxley, Palmerston, Pearce, Phillip, Red Hill, Reid, Richardson, Rivett, Spence, Symonston, Theodore, Wanniassa, Waramanga, Watson, Weetangera, Yarralumla.

ACTION bus service—wheelchair-accessible buses
(Question No 184)

Mr Coe asked the Minister for Transport, upon notice, on 2 April 2009:

(1) Has the purchase of 16 new compressed natural gas (CNG) wheelchair-accessible buses been made.

(2) How much money has been paid to the provider, and how much money is outstanding.

(3) When will ACTION take delivery of the buses, and is the delivery on schedule; if not, when were they expected to be delivered.

Mr Stanhope: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1. Yes.

2. $8 million was provided for in the budget and it has been fully expended.

3. ACTION has taken delivery of all 16 buses and these are now in service. The last bus was registered in December 2008.

Land—real estate policy
(Question No 185)

Mr Coe asked the Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, upon notice, on 2 April 2009:

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