Page 2803 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 13 August 2019
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The road pavement along Northbourne Avenue northbound from Macarthur Avenue to Antill Street will be upgraded. Rehabilitation of the pavement on this section of the road will improve skid resistance, remove defects and reduce the need for regular maintenance as well as benefitting motorists and the many cyclists who use this section of road.
We are working to improve access between Belconnen and Gungahlin by duplicating the arterial road between Ginninderra Drive and the Barton Highway with the commonwealth government contributing $20 million towards those works through the national partnership agreement on land transport infrastructure projects. The upgrade will ease traffic congestion in Gungahlin and will include 6.4 kilometres of new on-road cycle lanes and a new signalised intersection at Dumas Street.
There will be further planning and delivery of improvements to our roads across Canberra, including duplicating parts of William Hovell and Athllon drives. Designs will be prepared for the duplication of William Hovell Drive from Drake Brockman Drive to John Gorton Drive with more than 20,000 vehicles per day travelling on that section of road, a figure that will only grow as the area continues to develop. We are investing now to ensure that we can help reduce congestion in the future for west Belconnen residents.
Morisset Road includes the Sullivans Creek low-level crossing, which regularly floods during rain events. Design work will be undertaken to extend Morisset Road by 1.2km kilometres to the existing Antill Street-Federal Highway intersection. This road extension will support the development in Kenny, and the design will also increase the road’s level to ensure that it is not flooded during rain events. Further work will be investigated to improve this link in our freight network.
Planning and design works will be undertaken for the duplication of Athllon Drive in two sections, first from Drakeford Drive through to Sulwood Drive and then commencing design work on the further section between Shay Street and Melrose Drive in Phillip. That will improve access to Woden and Civic particularly for those coming from the south.
Continuing our commitment to reducing waste in the territory the budget provides significant investment in upgrades to the Hume materials recovery facility, commencing planning for Canberra’s future waste infrastructure needs and undertaking early planning for a food organics waste service. The upgrades will ensure that the facility is able to operate effectively and efficiently, particularly in light of the challenges we face around China’s national sword policy.
The ACT is one of the best performing jurisdictions when it comes to recycling and our government is investing in infrastructure upgrades to reach our waste reduction targets and to ensure that we have a robust response to waste management in the territory. Funding will be used to construct a purpose-built hardstand area within the adjacent block at Hume that will provide adequate space to store and separate baled recycled materials ready for market and provide an area for the transfer of co-mingled recycling and container deposit scheme material.
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