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Parking—Chifley Place—petition 2-20
By Mr Steel, Minister for City Services, dated 28 April 2020, in response to a petition lodged by Ms Cody on 2 April concerning parking and pedestrian safety at Chifley Place.
Dear Mr Duncan
Thank you for your letter of 2 April 2020 regarding petition No 2-20 lodged by Ms Bec Cody MLA regarding parking and pedestrian safety at the Chifley Place precinct.
I would like to bring to your attention that the topic matter of the requests laid out in this petition is identical to the previous petition No 28-19 lodged by Ms Bec Cody MLA regarding parking and pedestrian safety at the Chifley Place precinct.
As was previously stated in the response provided in February 2020, Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) manage 90 shopping precincts across Canberra, which includes 66 local shopping precinct areas, 19 group centres, four town centres and Civic. Canberra was designed so people could visit their local shops for essential items and access Group Centres and Town Centres for a wider range of shops and services. The ACT Territory Plan provides for a Commercial Zone CZ4 – Local Centre Zone. The Chifley shops are in this type of zone. The objectives of this type of zone are different to the those for town or group centres.
The popularity of the local Chifley Place precinct is also driven by quality community infrastructure, which includes a central community play-space that is near the local Chifley shops. This central play-space is well positioned to serve the whole suburb. District play-spaces, such as those provided in Town or District parks are designed to serve well beyond a single suburb and cater for people travelling from a wide catchment area across the ACT.
The ACT Government recognises the important role that local centres perform for their local communities across Canberra. I am pleased to hear that the Chifley local neighbourhood shopping precinct is usually a busy and vibrant centre, although this has been impacted by the current world health situation.
Various residents, community groups, and trade owners at Chifley Shops have previously been in contact with TCCS officers and discussed the increased demand for parking and traffic safety around the Chifley Place precinct. The parking spaces that support the local shops have also been identified to be frequently used by commuters who use the carparks as they include all-day free parking. Providing shorter duration parking would likely improve the availability of parking for those using the local shops and increase business churn.
Interim parking improvements were presented to Ms Taryn Langdon and the Chifley trading community by TCCS officers in September 2019. These improvements include additional on-road parking along Eggleston Crescent, parking restrictions and line marking. TCCS engaged a contractor to undertake the minor works that were agreed by the community with completion anticipated to be before the end of June 2020.
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