Page 2482 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 13 August 2014

The Assembly voted—

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

Transport—light rail

MR COE (Ginninderra) (3.55): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes, regarding light rail:

(a) advice in the 2003 Canberra Public Transport Futures Feasibility Study regarding the staging of a possible ACT-wide network;

(b) criticism from:

(i) Infrastructure Australia;

(ii) the Productivity Commission;

(iii) Mr Bob Nairn;

(iv) the Centre for International Economics; and

(v) Adjunct Associate Professor Leo Dobes; and

(i) the capital cost of construction, including the relocation of utilities;

(ii) patronage projections;

(iii) operational expenses;

(iv) the risks to the Territory;

(v) the population within walking distance; and

(vi) impact on the bus system; and