Page 3498 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 18 September 2019
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Motion to take note of petition response
Motion (by MADAM SPEAKER), pursuant to standing order 98A, agreed to:
That the petition response so lodged be noted.
Wanniassa park and ride
MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (10.02):
That this Assembly:
(1) notes:
(a) the need for better footpaths in Wanniassa, given that more people are now dependent on the Wanniassa Park and Ride due to the removal of other local bus services from the suburb;
(b) the footpath from the Park and Ride car park to the bus stop traverses a floodway;
(c) whenever it rains, at its lowest point the path is covered with a moving stream and puddle which flows down the floodway to the new Wanniassa wetlands;
(d) the path also becomes muddy for some time after the rain, which, when added to the slope of the path, means it is slippery and challenging for all pedestrians but especially for older people and those with mobility impairments; and
(e) in heavy rain and when the floodway is flooded, the path may become dangerous to use, with no other option for commuters to walk between the carpark and the bus stop; and
(2) calls on the ACT Government to:
(a) investigate ways to improve the path and general access to the Wanniassa Park and Ride stop to alleviate safety concerns; and
(b) report back to the Assembly by the last sitting day of 2019 on options to improve the path and how and when that will take place.
Park-and-ride facilities all over Canberra are there to make things more convenient to catch a bus from a more central location and they should make taking a bus from your suburb safer, easier and quicker. But a number of concerns have been raised with me by residents of Wanniassa especially but also Kambah and some other nearby areas about the Wanniassa park-and-ride stop located adjacent to the Wanniassa shops.
We need to recognise and take action on these problems because it can be a safety risk, as has been raised with me by some members of the public. We expect our government to avoid failings they know about, to fix failings they know about and to take action on failings that are brought to their attention.
This is important to the people of Wanniassa. Of course more recently it has become even more important, because some bus stops and bus routes through Wanniassa have
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