Page 588 - Week 02 - Thursday, 21 February 2019
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MR GENTLEMAN: I understand that it will be probably by the end of next year.
Schools—safe and supportive schools program
MS LAWDER: My question is to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development regarding the safe and supportive schools survey distributed in some primary schools. How long has this survey been used in ACT schools, has it been delivered annually and, if so, for how long?
MS BERRY: There are three parts to that question, and I will take them on notice.
MS LAWDER: Minister, who receives the information elicited by the survey, and is it passed on to the directorate to be compiled centrally?
MS BERRY: The survey is collected at the school level, of course, in delivering the survey. I will take the rest of that question on notice.
MR WALL: Minister, what briefings have you had on the outcomes of surveys conducted as part of the safe and supportive schools program? If you have not been briefed, why not?
MS BERRY: I have been briefed on the safe and supportive schools program.
Roads—upgrades
MS CHEYNE: My question is to the Minister for Roads. Can the minister update the Assembly on recent improvements to ACT roads?
MR STEEL: I thank Ms Cheyne for her interest in roads in the ACT. Since October 2016 the ACT government has invested over $206 million in road projects to ease congestion for commuters and for Canberra residents in surrounding areas. One of the major focuses of the ACT government is to invest in and upgrade Canberra’s major arterial roads. The government has been delivering on these critical road infrastructure projects, which include the $28.9 million Cotter Road duplication, demonstrating our continued support for the growing Weston Creek and Molonglo region.
The ACT government has identified roads that currently experience high levels of traffic, as well as working to anticipate areas that are expected to increase in volume and transport demand in the future. The 2018-19 budget included funding for planning to begin on duplicating William Slim Drive to a dual carriageway between Ginninderra Drive and the Barton Highway. The duplication will cater for the 20,000 vehicles on the road each day, with two lanes in each direction between Ginninderra Drive and the Barton Highway and a new signalised intersection at Dumas Street and William Slim Drive.
It was interesting to see the full page ads in the Canberra Times and the City News today celebrating the federal Liberal government regarding Canberra roads. Stunningly, this taxpayer-funded propaganda in the lead-up to the next federal
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