Page 3419 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 17 August 2011

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MS LE COUTEUR: Madam Deputy Speaker, you are quite right. I only foreshadowed it. I move:

Omit all words after “notes”, substitute:

“(a) that population growth, peak oil and climate change dictate a shift away from the private car which currently represents the principle means of transport for Canberrans;

(b) that present and future parking provision and pricing needs to be well planned, and undertaken in conjunction with other investments in sustainable transport, to facilitate a smooth transition away from the current dependence on the private car; and

(c) that car parking provision and pricing is linked to other issues that impact on Canberrans, such as the city’s urban form, the local economy, and housing affordability; and

(2) calls on the Government to:

(a) finalise an ACT parking strategy that is consistent with the legislated 40% greenhouse gas reduction commitment, and release the strategy by the December 2011 sitting week;

(b) ensure that all ACT master plans address car parking in a way which is consistent with the abovementioned parking strategy;

(c) report to the Assembly by the December 2011 sitting week on the areas in Canberra which the Government has identified as being in need of parking reform, and what the proposed changes would be; and

(d) implement parking reforms for Canberra developments, including:

(i) replacing the mandatory minimum car parking requirements with maximums for new developments, prioritising areas close to good transport links;

(ii) encouraging ‘car sharing’ spaces;

(iii) provision of additional secure bike parking spaces for each ‘missing’ car parking space;

(iv) where offices are converted into residences, then existing car parking can be deemed to satisfy car parking requirements;

(v) introducing a ‘sustainable transport contributions fund’ to allow developers to limit parking spaces in city and town centres; and

(vi) providing powerpoints for electric vehicles in a proportion of parking spaces in all new developments.”.

MR SESELJA (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (5.17): I think the first news flash for Ms Le Couteur and the Greens is that, whatever technological changes take

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