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In relation to maintenance of an oval in Waramanga, bounded by Badimara Street and Namatjira Street and next to St John Vianney’s Catholic Primary School (a) who is responsible for the maintenance of this oval, (b) can the Minister explain why the oval has been allowed to reach its state of disrepair when it is located adjacent to two well maintained ovals, (c) why is the oval not maintained to a minimum level of community safety and (d) why has no priority been given to repairing the fence to minimise incursion by vehicles.
Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
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a. The oval, located at the corner of Badimara Street and Namatjira Drive in Waramanga, forms part of the grounds to Mt Stromlo High School. General maintenance and upkeep of this oval is managed by the school.
b. Current rainfall patterns have made it increasingly difficult and expensive for schools to maintain natural grass ovals. Mt Stromlo High School has access to the adjacent Transport Canberra and City Services irrigated ovals to meet their sporting and outdoor curriculum needs.
c. There are no community safety issues associated with maintenance, although all users should take reasonable care when using any open public space.
d. The Education Support Office will work with the school to repair the fencing.
Transport Canberra—bus data
(Question No 2829)
Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Transport, upon notice, on 29 November 2019:
(1) What is the (a) financial and (b) greenhouse gas, cost per kilometre of operating a Transport Canberra bus in normal operation, broken down by bus type (if possible).
(2) Has the ACT Government determined the capital cost per kilometre of Transport Canberra bus operation (or similar metric of capital cost, e.g. per passenger carried); if so can the Minister provide the information broken down by component e.g. bus depot, vehicle etc.
(3) Has any life cycle analysis been done by or on behalf of the ACT Government of the environmental impacts of operating the Transport Canberra bus network; if so, can the Minister provide details.
Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) (a) The operating cost of a bus per kilometre for buses in 2018-19 was on average $5.67, a breakdown by bus type is not available.
(b) The total emissions for the bus network in 2018-19 was 33,201 tCO2-e with 27,678,621 network kilometres recorded. This equates to an average of 1.2 kg CO2-e/km. Currently there is no financial cost associated with greenhouse gas emissions for the ACT Government, however an interim price of $20/t CO2-e from Government operations will be invested to meet the Zero Emissions Government target from 2020-21 under Action 5.11 of the ACT Climate Change Strategy.
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