Page 3616 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 13 September 2017

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(1) notes that Mount Taylor:

(a) provides an invaluable recreational asset for the whole of the Canberra community;

(b) has a number of walking trails that provide opportunities to improve health and wellbeing across a wide range of fitness levels; and

(2) further notes that:

(a) use of Mount Taylor is growing noticeably as more residents discover its ease of access, the variety of its walking trails and spectacular views of the ACT;

(b) accessing Mount Taylor from Sulwood Drive has become increasingly popular with many dozens of vehicles parked adjacent to the Mannheim Street Kambah entrance for lengthy periods of the day and evening;

(c) Sulwood Drive is a major thoroughfare connecting Tuggeranong Parkway with Erindale Drive and also provides several access points into Kambah and Wanniassa;

(d) many pedestrians, motorists and cyclists utilise the access point to Mount Taylor from the parking area adjacent to Mannheim Street at times of the day that coincide with peak traffic flows along Sulwood Drive;

(e) there is no infrastructure to facilitate pedestrian, cyclist or motorist safety when entering or departing this parking area;

(f) there is a significant and growing concern over the safety of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians accessing Mount Taylor from this parking area;

(g) the lack of signage, the ad hoc way drivers enter the parking area and disrepair of the parking area itself, presents a significant danger to drivers, cyclists and pedestrians, including those proceeding along Sulwood Drive and those within the parking area itself;

(h) there is a lack of suitable cycling infrastructure linking Athllon Drive and the Tuggeranong Parkway along Sulwood Drive; and

(i) there is an opportunity to enhance community utilisation of Mount Taylor with improved walking trails; and

(3) calls on the Government to:

(a) create dedicated, visible, and safe entry and exit points to the Mount Taylor carpark on Sulwood Drive with dedicated and clearly defined safe crossings for pedestrians and cyclists;

(b) improve the safety and amenity of the parking area by installing lighting and a bin;

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