Page 2472 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020
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A recovery plan is currently being finalised to guide rebuilding and recovery efforts. This plan will be released shortly. Funding for the first stage of the recovery plan has been detailed in the Economic and Fiscal Update presented to the Assembly on 27 August 2020. This funding is in addition to funding provided through COVID19 stimulus measures. Work is also continuing to secure significant Commonwealth contributions towards the costs of recovery and rebuilding. This is occurring through several avenues.
Government—free wi-fi
(Question No 3263)
Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for City Services, upon notice, on 14 August 2020 (redirected to the Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment):
(1) In relation to Canberra’s free public Wi-Fi network (CBRFree), when can residents expect to have access to CBRFree in the locations of the (a) Jamison Centre, (b) Kippax Fair and (c) Hawker Shops.
(2) What is the total and breakdown of costs for implementing CBRFree in each of the abovementioned locations.
(3) Are there any plans for the CBRFree network to be expanded to Charnwood Group Centre; if so, when can residents expect this network to be available in Charnwood; if not, why not.
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The remaining work on the CBRfree network will be completed in two Waves. Wave One is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020 and Wave Two is scheduled to be completed by the end of June 2021.
Kippax Fair is included in the Wave One works and the Jamison Centre and Hawker Group Centre are included in the Wave Two works.
(2) It is not possible to precisely cost the work to extend CBRfree to Jamison Centre, Kippax Fair and Hawker Shops.
The total cost of the remaining works is $507,481. The remaining work includes the extension of CBRfree to thirteen additional group centres (including the completion of the above mentioned locations), deployment around the Gungahlin Town Centre and the Belconnen Basketball Centre, involving deployment of 37 fibred Wireless Access Points (WAPs), 39 mesh WAPs and five indoor WAPs. The download limit will also be increased to 1 Gigabyte per day as part of the remaining works and utilise the smart city aspects of CBRfree, specifically for supporting up to 30 CCTV cameras.
(3) There are currently no plans for any further extension of CBRfree. Charnwood was assessed for inclusion in the Variation 2 work program, but investigation revealed that the streetlights at the Charnwood Group Centre were not suitable for installing the CBRfree Wireless Access Points and iiNet did not have optic fibre near the Charnwood Group Centre.
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