Page 1092 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 20 March 2013
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The opportunities in the master plan show a capacity for infill and increased densities to support businesses and employment. The plan encourages new buildings to be adaptable in terms of uses. It encourages the provision of landscaping, which helps create a sense of place and character, to make improvements to finding better pedestrian-cyclist experiences and to make improvement to the visual presence of the main approach routes. It encourages investment and expansion of complementary services and provides for the redevelopment, as I said, of the bus station with opportunities for transit-oriented development.
The development of the town centres in Tuggeranong show how this government is looking forward to delivering transformational projects across Canberra. The government is also working for those living in the south of Tuggeranong, ensuring that they have the best access to facilities for the future. The government will invest $44 million to build new emergency service stations at Calwell, Conder and, of course, in the north, at Aranda. It will improve bus services for Tuggeranong with more buses being put on to the blue rapid route from Lanyon, with the 312, 313, 315, 318 and 319 routes being some of the busiest in the territory.
Work is underway to construct a new park-and-ride site in Calwell, replacing the existing site on Webber Crescent at the Calwell shops. The site will include approximately 16 spaces to replace the existing 12 currently located in the shopping centre car park. That, of course, allows more shopping centre parking for residents of Calwell and those travelling to the shops on their way home.
It follows, of course, the $7 million investment the government has made in stage 1 of the Ashley Drive and Erindale Drive duplication. That is from Sternberg Crescent to Erindale Drive. We have invested in the Lanyon Drive and Monaro Highway upgrade. That was $19 million of joint funding from the federal, New South Wales and ACT governments. That has assisted Tuggeranong commuters that want to travel to the city or northern Canberra.
We have upgraded local shops, including the Carleton shops at Kambah, at Fadden, at Wanniassa, Castley at Kambah and the Marconi shops at Kambah as well. We have made the area safer for Diversity ACT by placing street lights there so people can park and access the area in safety at night.
When I talk to my constituents, these are the things that they want in their local area. They want access to affordable health care, access to education locally and job creation. They want access to public transport and the building of infrastructure for the future. I am proud to be part of a government that has made such developments in our local area.
Another area of strong interest for me, of course, is renewable energy. We have heard the minister this morning talk about our new renewable energy targets and the opportunities in those for making a sustainable future for Canberra.
MS BURCH (Brindabella—Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Disability, Children and Young People, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Women,
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