Page 2182 - Week 07 - Thursday, 7 August 2014
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Calvary, and this includes funding for the development of 15 extra beds, part of a four-year program to deliver an additional 54 acute beds between July 2013 and June 2017.
There is funding to expand ophthalmology services, lymphedema services and an extra intensive care unit bed as part of a $15.2 million initiative to boost intensive and critical care services in our hospitals. In addition, at Calvary there is a $19.1 million appropriation for the construction of a 700-vehicle car park on the campus. This will enable continued expansion of health services at Calvary.
The budget also provides nearly $21 million for a new co-located ambulance and fire station in Aranda, which will provide a modern, purpose-built building that will give our firefighters and paramedics a high quality facility enabling them to continue to provide high quality, rapid and effective responses to emergencies in Belconnen and further afield if necessary. The new station completes phase 1 of the Emergency Services Agency station upgrade and relocation strategy, which includes the recently opened ambulance and fire station in west Belconnen.
The budget also contains initiatives in the electorate of Ginninderra to boost disability access at the Bruce campus at CIT and upgrade recycling drop-off areas at Belconnen and west Belconnen. There are computer security and other upgrades at both Kippax and Belconnen public libraries, and Cook shops receives an upgrade. (Time expired.)
MADAM SPEAKER: Supplementary question, Dr Bourke.
DR BOURKE: Can the Treasurer inform the members how the 2014-15 budget invests in roads and transport in Ginninderra?
MR BARR: There is a considerable investment in roads and transport infrastructure, including $10 million over this year and the coming two years for upgrades of the intersection of William Slim Drive and the Barton Highway, one of the more major intersections in our city’s road network and a gateway to the fast-growing Gungahlin region. This funding upgrade will help improve safety and the flow of traffic at the intersection. Works will include signalisation and extra lanes on the roundabout and approaches, on-road cycle lanes, a shared path bridge across Ginninderra Creek and works to accommodate increased traffic.
Elsewhere in Ginninderra there will be upgrades to Maribyrnong Avenue and Copland Drive. Public transport users will benefit from greater coverage of weekend bus services, with a new weekend bus service to west Macgregor. There will also be a range of upgrades to bus stops, particularly on Southern Cross Drive.
MADAM SPEAKER: Supplementary question, Mr Coe.
MR COE: Treasurer, when will work at Cook shops actually begin?
MR BARR: The Minister for Territory and Municipal Services may be in a better position to provide exact information on that, but my understanding is in the coming fiscal year.
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