Page 3983 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 30 October 2013
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plan to have due regard for the arts and cultural infrastructure clustered throughout Civic and Braddon. Consultation with stakeholders on the upgrades of these two centres is well underway. I am confident that they will create a greater cultural experience for our community.
I would like to emphasise the opportunities for being involved that are available for Canberrans. The second stage of consultation on the city plan commenced on Monday, 21 October and will continue through to Sunday, 17 November. Opportunities for community feedback were made available in Garema Place from Monday, 21 October through to Thursday, 24 October, and will be available in the Canberra Centre from 28 October to 22 November. Representatives of the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate will be at both venues to answer questions and to discuss the draft plan with those that have an interest in attending. I also encourage the community to visit the city plan website at www.cityplan.act.gov.au to view the draft city plan and other related documents, and to provide submissions, should they wish. I understand that the city plan is expected to be finalised by the end of 2013, and I look forward to seeing the final plan.
Of course, the city plan is very closely aligned with two other major projects the ACT government has embarked on: the city to the lake and capital metro projects. These city-changing projects have the capacity to transform our city’s economy, which is why we have allocated funding to continue work on these projects. As Mr Barr has said today, city to the lake will transform West Basin into a great waterfront address that could be anchored by a new beach and aquatic centre, and provide a place where the daily life of the city can engage with the lake. I echo Mr Barr’s assertion that the city to the lake project will be of huge benefit to local businesses, for several reasons: it will create jobs and provide a boost for our building and construction sectors at a time when the Abbott Liberal government is cutting jobs and investment in our city.
Let me go to the documentation, and I encourage people in the community to go to the websites to look at it. I will make comment, if I may, on it. I will read from the city plan paper, which talks about six key planks of the vision for the Canberra city plan.
The first is under the heading of ‘Growth’ and refers to:
A vibrant centre that stimulates business, education, living, entertaining and recreation.
The paper says:
The city centre will strengthen its role and place as the primary centre of Canberra and the focus of business, entertainment and recreation for the community. Residential development will continue to increase and drive real change in the city centre as people are attracted to the liveability, connectivity and accessibility that it can provide.
The second key area is under the heading of ‘Land use and development’. It notes:
A prosperous and dynamic mix of uses and activities that builds character.
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