Page 218 - Week 01 - Thursday, 15 December 2016
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Canberra will also begin a trial for seniors cardholders to travel for free during off-peak times every day of the week on our buses. This is to encourage our older residents to access public transport and to get out and about safely and efficiently. We also look forward to engaging with north side community organisations to identify those in need of the flexible bus service.
Work to deliver new bus depots in Woden and north Canberra has begun. Around 300 new and existing staff will be located at the new Woden depot once it is operational.
Walking and cycling are also high on my agenda and we will work hard to deliver a number of new initiatives to see our community getting out and getting active through day-to-day travel. Getting our children to and from school safely is a key objective for me, and a further 50 schools will be added to the government’s active streets for schools program. School crossing supervisors as well as bigger and better signage, coupled with dedicated crossings, traffic islands and improved parking options will improve the safety of our school children as they travel, walk or cycle to and from school.
We will build the Belconnen bikeway, providing a showpiece of walking and cycling infrastructure within and to the Belconnen town centre, and we will extend the age-friendly suburbs program, providing improvements for older people who can comfortably and safely travel around their suburbs.
We will innovate. Already Canberrans are using new and exciting ways to move around our city, the first city in the world to regulate for ride sharing, car sharing, working with partners to deliver an autonomous vehicle trial, the new city loop and most recently the partnership with Uber to deliver improved Nightrider services—each proving very successful.
It is vital we give Canberrans a great opportunity to walk, cycle, use public transport or try a new way of getting to work or going out. Increasing these opportunities will be an important strategic priority for me and the government.
Canberrans love our city and rightly want to be proud of the way it is maintained and presented. We will invest in those essential services that keep our city beautiful: mowing, weeding and graffiti management. We will plant more trees. We will deliver new micro parks, lively green spaces in areas undergoing urban renewal. We will partner with the community at a grassroots level with a new and innovative adopt-a-park scheme.
We will also ensure the government has the legislative and regulatory powers it needs to ensure the amenity of our city, which includes that vacant blocks are kept clean and safe and that public spaces are remediated following any impacts from construction activities. I will be bringing forward the necessary amendments as soon as possible in 2017.
Waste in our city will also continue to be tackled head on. Additional recycling bins around the city will be installed and greens bins will be rolled out across all of
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