Page 1429 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 6 April 2011
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Ms Le Couteur, that the department has identified the need for somewhere in the order of 500 trees to be planted within that corridor.
I do not have a map or a diagram, and I have not seen one, that identifies precisely where the need for the new plantings has been identified but it is in that corridor. Of course, we are very aware, depending on the outcome of the feasibility and design of an upgrade to Northbourne Avenue, that there is a very high probability that if we are, for instance, to proceed with the construction of separate bus lanes, a separate bikeway, on Northbourne Avenue, there will be an impact on trees. In fact, it could be a quite dramatic impact on trees along the length of Northbourne Avenue if we are to widen Northbourne Avenue or, indeed, if we are to intrude into the median.
I can assure you, Ms Le Couteur, that there will be no trees removed and planted, or replanted, in the Northbourne Avenue area between the city and Dickson that would potentially be impacted by the major upgrade that we anticipate for Northbourne Avenue. I am more than happy to provide you with a detailed map of the site and location, but I give you the assurance, Ms Le Couteur, that we will not be replanting trees in Northbourne Avenue in areas where we might anticipate or imagine that there might be a bus lane.
MR SPEAKER: Ms Le Couteur, a supplementary?
MS LE COUTEUR: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Minister, what consideration has so far been given to the location for the proposed Dickson bus station, and does this consider the site at the corner of Northbourne Avenue and Antill Street, which seems ideal and is currently subject to a development application for demolition and rebuild?
MR STANHOPE: I will have to take advice on the precise location. The government have anticipated the construction of an enhanced bus station within Dickson, just as we have at Barton and at a couple of other locations across the territory. I will take advice on the exact locations that have been scoped for the construction of a bus station within Dickson, Ms Le Couteur, and confirm that with you.
MS BRESNAN: A supplementary, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, Ms Bresnan.
MS BRESNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Minister, will the Northbourne feasibility study be integrated with the Northbourne flats design competition and will the study involve looking at how the housing options relate to the transport options?
MR STANHOPE: I thank Ms Bresnan. Ms Bresnan, as you are aware, the feasibility study has just commenced. The department has advertised for people with an interest. There will be every effort made to engage with all stakeholders, with residents, with people with an interest, with transport experts, to develop a feasibility and design. At this stage we have funded feasibility, which involves detailed community consultation. I would anticipate, Ms Bresnan, that precisely the sorts of issues you have just raised now will form part of the feasibility and, in the future, the design.
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