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Active travel—Kuringa Drive
(Question No 3193)
Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for Roads and Active Travel, upon notice, on 3 July 2020:
(1) Given that the Minister has previously advised that investigations have been undertaken for active travel improvements along Kuringa Drive and that the recommended treatment is for the provision of an off-road cycling facility and in late 2018, the work was estimated to cost approximately $3.5m for the length of Kuringa Drive, what is the estimated cost of building an off-road cycling facility along Kuringa Drive from the Kuringa and Kingsford Smith Drives intersection until Tillyard Drive.
(2) Does the ACT Government have any plans to build this facility; if so, when; if not, why not.
(3) What is the anticipated date of completion for the shared path on Kuringa Drive, as part of the intersection upgrades at Kuringa Drive and Owen Dixon Drive.
(4) Can the Minister provide an attachment of the design plans for the shared path as part of the answer to this question on notice.
Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Cost estimates for an off-road shared path along Kuringa Drive from the Kuringa Drive/Kingsford Smith Drive intersection until Kuringa Drive/Tillyard Drive intersection have not been undertaken at this stage.
Investigations have been undertaken for active travel improvements, for a shared path from the Kuringa Drive/Owen Dixon Drive intersection to the Barton Highway.
The estimated cost of $3.5 million is to upgrade the Kuringa Drive/Owen Dixon Drive intersection to a signalised intersection and includes the shared path from this intersection to the Barton Highway only.
(2) The ACT Government does not have any plans at this stage to construct a shared path along Kuringa Drive between Kuringa Drive/Kingsford Smith Drive intersection and Kuringa Drive/Tillyard Drive intersection for the short to medium term.
A future cycling facility along Kuringa Drive from the Kuringa Drive and Kingsford Smith Drive intersection until Tillyard Drive would be investigated as part of a potential future duplication of Kuringa Drive. This work is not an identified short to medium term priority and a feasibility study would need to be undertaken to assess the options of on-road vs off-road.
(3) Construction of the Kuringa Drive/Owen Dixon Drive intersection, including the shared path is expected to be completed by the end of June 2021.
(4) Design plans for the shared path between Kuringa Drive/Owen Dixon Drive intersection to the Barton Highway are attached.
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