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residents and their visitors, resulting in cars being parked where they should not be; and
(2) calls on the ACT Government to
(a) increase the amount of designated parking in Lawson stage one for residents and their visitors; and
(b) provide adequate designated parking for both residents and visitors in Lawson stage two in order to avoid replicating this problem from stage one.
I wish to amend this motion; therefore, by leave, I move:
Omit all words after paragraph (1)(c), substitute:
“(d) residents of Lawson Stage One are able to utilise bus stops on Baldwin Drive to catch the Route 30 bus service to Belconnen or Dickson before connecting to the City and other town centres via the Rapid bus network, or the Route 31 bus service to Belconnen, Dickson, Braddon and the City; and
(e) the Government is committed to providing bus services through Lawson once Lawson Stage Two is complete; and
(2) calls on the ACT Government to:
(a) review parking in Lawson Stage One with a view to increasing and improving parking options for residents and their visitors;
(b) review current parking issues in Lawson with a view to avoiding similar problems in Lawson Stage Two; and
(c) review options for providing walking and cycling paths from what is currently western Lawson to suitable points along Ginninderra Drive.”.
Amendment agreed to.
MRS KIKKERT: I am grateful to be able to bring this motion before the Assembly today. Lawson, which will be located in my electorate of Ginninderra from this year, is one of Canberra’s newest suburbs. The first blocks for single residence were auctioned off only six years ago. Canberrans spent $80 million buying those blocks and others that were sold a few months later. Across the same period, medium-density sites were sold to developers for a further $42 million.
Lawson stage 1 consists of 184 detached dwellings and more than 500 units. The plan is for up to 1,850 dwellings to be built in Lawson, with many of these in the next stage of the suburb, which was offered to developers as an en globo release. Unlike its predecessor, Lawson stage 2 has been zoned for no detached houses. Instead more medium-density developments will be joined by high-density apartments near the shore of Lake Ginninderra, along with a small section of mixed-use development.
According to the ACT government’s Lawson concept planning study:
The vision for Lawson … is to achieve a liveable, sustainable ‘urban village’ that minimises impacts on the surrounding environment and maximises the positive
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