Page 2404 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 30 July 2019
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In terms of other new services, we know that Canberrans are very fond of their four-legged friends. We are making it easier for dog owners in particular with upgrades to and maintenance of dog parks across the city, including reseeding of grass and providing dog waste bag dispensers in key locations around the city, a small but important change that I am sure dog owners will appreciate. By investing in new services our government is continuing to deliver against the needs of the Canberra community.
MS ORR: Minister, can you outline how the government continues to deliver better services for our suburbs?
MR STEEL: I thank Ms Orr for her supplementary. Along with providing new services, we are continuing to do more and better work with the existing services that we deliver through Canberra, more of all the essential services that our city needs as we continue to grow.
We are investing in additional street sweeping capacity so that we can sweep more roads more often to keep our city beautiful and reduce leaf litter making its way into our water network. Work will begin on two new depots, with an upgrade to the Nicholls TCCS depot and planning for a new depot for the Molonglo Valley. This will help our city services workers service the Woden-Weston area, the growing Molonglo region and the burgeoning suburbs of Gungahlin. More investment will be dedicated to maintenance of our road network, including street sweeping and maintenance of our traffic lights and streetlights, along with community and bike paths.
There is an increase in funding to ensure that new houses receive rubbish and recycling collections, providing more essential waste services as our city grows, and also to provide more rubbish and recycling bins at our group centres throughout Canberra. We are hiring more essential staff to deliver our city services, with more arborists protecting and growing our urban forests, more compliance officers keeping our city safe, and ensuring that we have secure employment for those who are working in Transport Canberra and City Services in particular.
With these significant investments our government is making, we will continue to deliver more and better services throughout our growing city.
MR GUPTA: Minister, will food organic and garden organic collection services be integrated as part of the popular green bins service?
MR STEEL: I thank Mr Gupta for his question and for his interest in responsible waste management and the environment. Providing food organic and garden organic collection services will be a significant undertaking, and we want to get it right so that Canberrans enjoy high quality services.
The green bins collection service remains incredibly popular. As of 30 June this year, 69,000 households had registered for the scheme. The contamination rate has been very low, at 0.01 per cent, which reflects the commitment of Canberrans to this new and popular service.
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