Page 1195 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 6 April 2016
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Dr Bourke: Point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Point of order.
Dr Bourke: Under standing order 42 Mr Coe needs to address his remarks to you in the Speaker’s chair.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you Dr Bourke. I remind Mr Coe of that.
MR COE: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a very important point of order and one I shall adhere to.
It is interesting that Mr Rattenbury should refer to my motion of 2009 about the Redex. Remember that term, “Redex”? Unfortunately, the government then agreed that the “ex” really was not quite true and they would just call it the red rapid. That was, in fact, my point: there was not a rapid express; it was a rapid, but it was not a rapid express. My motion in 2009 was:
That this Assembly notes:
(1) the ACT Government's $1 million trial of Redex between Gungahlin and Kingston;
(2) that the Redex trial has already been scaled back and services from West Belconnen have been aborted;
(3) that Redex services travel on the same roads as existing bus services with little potential for time improvements;
(4) that routes 51, 52 or 59 provide fifty services a day between Gungahlin suburbs and the city;
(5) that for Gungahlin residents in Nicholls, Ngunnawal, Casey, Forde and Amaroo that use a route 51, 52 or 59 service, the travel and connection time to and from the city on a Redex service will exceed the travel time of these existing route services to and from the city for 92% of services;
(6) that during off-peak hours, Redex offer a negligible time saving to the existing route 5 services;
(7) that there are no “park and ride” facilities at the Gungahlin Town Centre;
(8) that in the absence of “park and ride” facilities there are concerns that commuters will occupy private car parking spaces at the Gungahlin Town Centre and therefore restrict trade for local business operators;
(9) that the lengthy travel times are often caused by indirect suburban services and a lack of bus priority in key locations;
(10) the potential for worsened bus bunching, especially on Northbourne Avenue;
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