Page 3032 - Week 10 - Friday, 8 October 2021
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Today the ACT Government broke a key commitment made at the 2020 ACT Election, by delaying the Molonglo Commercial Centre's first land release by a further 2 years.
This announcement, revealed in the 2021 ACT Budget papers, will mean that current and future residents of Molonglo will be forced to rely on the facilities at Cooleman Court for the foreseeable future, with the first set of shops at the Molonglo Commercial Centre now being unlikely to open before 2030.
The delay throws into doubt the timing of the following facilities planned for the Molonglo Commercial Centre and surrounds:
• Molonglo Police Station
• Molonglo Year 11-12 College
• Molonglo Library and Community Centre
• Molonglo Arts Centre
• Molonglo Supermarkets and Businesses
How do you feel about this delay? Let us know in the comments below.
I will read some of them, because this is what the community thinks about this outrageous delay that the Greens and the Labor Party have imposed on the people of Molonglo:
I think this is a bit of a lesson to the government that consultation on central infrastructure should occur early. It's a crime that the residents of MV have not had their community established with the same considerations as some new Gungahlin suburbs.
Another comment:
Why does this not surprise me? They promise - they don’t deliver. It is ridiculous that so much land has been opened up for housing in the MV without adequate infrastructure to support it. Cooleman Court is unable to cope
Another comment:
Why do they keep building houses and apartments and selling more blocks of land to build if there is not going to be any infrastructure to support everyone!! Bluddy Barr government. Always have screwed priorities. Better reduce the rates for the residents of Molonglo! I won't be voting for Barr again.
Another one:
No surprise at all. Perhaps we need to rally for half price rates given the MV is missing half of our promised services
Another comment:
Maybe they need to stop building houses and apartments until they put more infrastructure into the area!
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