Page 3723 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 29 October 2014
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Extensions to capital metro stage 1 may include potential public transport corridors as identified in transport for Canberra, including Russell, Canberra Airport, the parliamentary triangle, Kingston, Woden, Erindale, Tuggeranong, Belconnen, Kippax, Lanyon, Weston Creek and Molonglo. And contrary to Mr Coe’s comments earlier on, the light rail master plan will consider how these areas could be serviced by a future light rail network and the complementary land use setting required to support future transport corridors.
The master plan program will provide long-term planning for the main transport corridors, town centres and group centres of Canberra. It provides actions and principles to manage growth and development over time and create opportunities for changes, including transport for Canberra, the healthy weight initiative and the active living program.
To date, the government is proud to have completed master plans for Dickson, Kingston, Kambah and Erindale group centres, as well as a master plan for the Tuggeranong town centre that can revitalise and attract investment to the area. A master plan for the Pialligo rural village has also been completed, to protect its unique character setting.
The master plan program has its fair share of the challenges that are typically associated with changes and growth, and seeks to alleviate these through sensitive key stakeholder and community engagement. The government engages with key stakeholders extensively, with face-to-face meetings with groups and individuals throughout the master plan studies.
In conclusion, the approach being taken to integrated land use and transport planning will contribute to the development of Canberra as a compact and efficient city and will deliver on the government’s vision for a connected, livable and prosperous city.
MS GALLAGHER (Molonglo—Chief Minister, Minister for Health, Minister for Higher Education and Minister for Regional Development) (10.50): I thank Dr Bourke for moving the motion today, which allows me to speak about the city that I am so passionate about, a city that has grown and developed dramatically over the years that I have lived and grown up here, a city that is really coming into its own as a second century city and, as we all know, a city that has become known as the world’s most livable city. But there is no doubt there is still much more to do. In many ways our city is still half-built.
The government has identified four priority areas for this term of office, being health, education, transport and, within that, urban renewal, and remediation of homes affected by loose-fill asbestos. These priorities all link to each other. For example, active transport and urban renewal have a health benefit. The University of Canberra public hospital, for example, has an education component as well as a health component. And investment in transport in the Belconnen area has a benefit for education facilities such as UC and the CIT campus.
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