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important in its own right to connect people across Athllon Drive between Kambah and Wanniassa as well as providing an alternative to the bus stop during wet weather events.

I also note that the footpath referred to in Ms Lawder’s motion as it exists has accumulated a build-up of silt and mud at its lower points. Some people are choosing to cut across the grass to the footpath from the eastern end of the park and ride. Transport Canberra and City Services are looking at ways of changing this behaviour and have organised a clean-up of the footpath to remove any debris. It is worth mentioning that the zigzag shape of the footpath is to allow for pedestrians with a disability or mobility restrictions to use the path without the gradient being too steep. That was part of the design of the path.

Despite the efforts of Transport Canberra and City Services to ensure the greatest and safest level of access to the park-and-ride facilities for residents in Wanniassa, the government agrees with Ms Lawder that more needs to be looked at to improve accessibility in the area. That is why I have asked Transport Canberra and City Services to investigate alternative ways of accessing the Athllon Drive bus stops from the park and ride. I look forward to updating the Assembly on this work later this year. I move:

Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:

“(1) notes:

(a) that, in 2017, the ACT Government invested in public transport infrastructure by building a new Park and Ride facility in Wanniassa including new bus stops, bus shelters, footpaths and a pedestrian crossing to help locals better utilise the public transport network;

(b) the importance of footpaths and shared paths across the ACT to provide connections to public transport and, in particular, for the residents of Wanniassa to access the rapid route bus stop on Athllon Drive from the Wanniassa Park and Ride;

(d) prior to its construction, Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) engaged Northrop to undertake an independent flood study to review the impact of storm flows on the pedestrian crossing from the Wanniassa Park and Ride to the bus stop on Athllon Drive. This study demonstrated that the two 1800 mm diameter stormwater mains that run below the swale and perpendicular to the floodway crossing, have sufficient capacity to ensure that the crossing will have minimal, if any, flooding over an average ten year period, but still recommended that signage be erected to advise of the risk to users in the event of a rainfall event and that alternate routes be provided;

(e) in line with these recommendations, a ‘Floodway Take Care’ warning sign was installed at both approaches to the footpath and an alternative path exists from the Park and Ride to the bus stops via Langdon Avenue, Atkins Street and Athllon Drive. However there are some safety issues with this path as currently arranged;

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