Page 2052 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 6 August 2014
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services and retail needs analysis in order to facilitate reapportioning of the commercial and mixed use areas between developments on both sides of Adelaide Avenue, including areas in close proximity to the brickworks.
Regarding the preservation of the brickworks itself, the current program of works to deliver the proposed strategy includes the stabilisation and upgrades to the brickworks buildings and structures in order to make them safe for public access. This is expected to be completed in 2016-17 at a cost of $1.5 million. In addition, the LDA has committed $10 million to the development of the heritage-listed quarry as a park that will open up this space for all Canberrans to enjoy. The heritage railway remnants will also be conserved and incorporated into any future development proposals.
This initial restoration work is expected to facilitate further heritage rehabilitation initiatives for the brickworks and allow public access to the site whilst also providing a range of commercial opportunities with some important discussions underway already with Thor’s Hammer. The site contains contamination, including asbestos, and TAMS has received $3.2 million in capital funding to undertake remediation and to upgrade the perimeter fencing around the complex. The LDA has also allocated a further $2.1 million for remediation of the remainder of the site. All remediation will be endorsed by the Environment Protection Authority and an EPA-accredited auditor.
From here, any development proposal will also require a range of further approvals from both commonwealth and ACT government agencies, including an Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act referral through the commonwealth Department of Environment, an amendment to the national capital plan through the National Capital Authority, a variation to the territory plan through the ACT Environment and Planning Directorate, environmental clearances through the ACT Environment and Planning Directorate, and development application approval for the estate development plans again through the planning directorate. Each of these processes will be subject to further community consultation.
In closing, as with all important infill projects, it is important to have a long-term engagement process, and this will take a number of years. (Time expired.)
MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo—Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Minister for Corrective Services, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Minister for Sport and Recreation) (10.38): I welcome the fact that Mr Doszpot has brought this topic forward for discussion today because it is certainly one on which I have received a lot of feedback, and it is very topical in the community. The number of signatures on the petition demonstrates that level of interest. Many people in Yarralumla and, indeed, across Canberra are interested in the fate of the brickworks and the proposed residential development that has been put forward by the Land Development Agency—
Mr Doszpot: Why aren’t you supporting the motion, then?
MR RATTENBURY: Oh my God, Steve; I have been speaking for 20 seconds!
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, Mr Doszpot. Ignore the interjections, Mr Rattenbury.
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