Page 1225 - Week 05 - Thursday, 4 June 2020
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MS LE COUTEUR: Minister, this development had pedestrian access on Cameron Avenue and Cohen Street closed for months. Of course we have seen the same situation on many sites across Canberra, including very close to the Assembly, causing substantial inconvenience in the community.
MADAM SPEAKER: To the question, Ms Le Couteur.
MS LE COUTEUR: Why are developers allowed to take over parts of public land in the ACT for long periods without providing pedestrians with a convenient way through, for example with hoarding like they do in other cities?
MR STEEL: Often it is a case-by-case issue. It depends where the developments occur. We understand that development can be disruptive, major developments of this kind in particular. Each of those solutions is worked through at a case-by-case level. I will come back to the Assembly with further detail about this specific case.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, why are you so un-briefed on this issue, given that it has had considerable media coverage?
MR STEEL: This is a very detailed and specific matter that Ms Le Couteur is referring to. That is why I have said that I will get back to the Assembly with the detail that she is clearly asking for.
Business—development
MS LEE: My question is to the Chief Minister. Chief Minister, yesterday you told WIN News that you had consulted with key stakeholders regarding the upcoming Lonsdale Street development. However, Kel Watt from Braddon’s United Retailers & Traders group stated that there had not been any consultation with businesses. Chief Minister, which stakeholders did you consult regarding the project?
MR BARR: The City Renewal Authority undertook the Braddon Place plan and Dickson Place plan consultations over a period of about six months. I am searching right now to get the report that outlines all of the organisations that were consulted during the development of the place plans, and I will happily provide that to Ms Lee. She can probably search them online, too, if she wants to.
MS LEE: Chief Minister, which individual businesses did you consult with regarding the project?
MR BARR: I am just looking now at the community engagement. There were trader workshops and door-to-door engagement, on-street engagements and the Hello Braddon! event. Community engagement received 312 responses in total. That included feedback from residents, businesses and workers, with inner city and interstate visitors also being captured. The trader engagement included 46 traders engaged across the course of the project.
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