Page 3410 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 17 August 2011
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What all these points lead to is a lack of strategy. It is a community that do not feel empowered. It is a community that does not know where this government is heading. There is a sinister view that they are simply trying to drive motorists off the road. One way or another, the fact is that motorists and the vast majority of Canberrans feel left behind.
The government must recognise that cars are an integral part of life in Canberra and this is not going to change any time soon. Indeed, the government’s support of electric cars further complicates their position on cars and whether they support motorists or not.
I do not think it is unreasonable for the ACT government to have a plan for the future parking needs of our city. There is nothing strategic about the government’s approach to forcing people out of cars and off roads whilst we have such a substandard bus service. In the master planning processes currently underway at a number of centres in the ACT, I urge the government, through TAMS, ACTPLA and other agencies, to consider the desperate parking situation faced by Canberrans. This government must not neglect the users of these centres and must address the parking issues throughout Canberra.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Minister for Territory and Municipal Services and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (4.48): I move:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“notes that the Government is finalising its Transport for Canberra policy, which will include:
(1) the annual release and implementation of parking plans for the City and each town centre to manage parking demand in conjunction with the land release program;
(2) implementation of a parking pricing and management regime to encourage greater use of sustainable transport modes;
(3) consideration of a parking offset fund for the City area; and
(4) continuing to maintain a level of Territory ownership and management of public parking.”.
Mr Speaker, the Labor government is committed to managing the ACT’s transport system in a holistic, integrated way where parking management is just one part of a much bigger transport picture. The government has a strong commitment to facilitating the economic development and vitality of our city and town centres, so managing parking is part of planning for and delivering a sustainable and integrated transport system for our city—a transport system that is integrated with land use planning, that helps reduce transport emissions in line with the territory’s legislated emissions reduction targets, that is equitable and accessible for everyone and that supports the ACT’s strong economic performance.
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