Page 546 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 22 March 2023

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Leave of absence

Motion (by Mr Braddock) agreed to:

That leave of absence be granted to Ms Clay for this sitting due to illness.

Motion (by Ms Lawder) agreed to:

That leave of absence be granted to Mr Cain and Mr Milligan for this sitting due to personal reasons.

Light rail stage 2—traffic disruption

MR HANSON (Murrumbidgee) (2.51): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes that:

(a) Canberrans are starting to feel the impacts of construction of Light Rail Stage 2A;

(b) Government projections show these construction works will:

(i) reduce Commonwealth Avenue’s traffic volume by 80 percent;

(ii) increase traffic on Parkes Way by 45 percent in the morning, and 59 percent in the evening;

(iii) increase traffic on Monaro Highway by 46 percent in the morning, and 38 percent in the evening; and

(iv) increase traffic on Kings Avenue by 28 percent in the morning, and 24 percent in the evening;

(c) the Government has not published data for the impacts of other roads around Woden, Weston Creek, Molonglo and Tuggeranong;

(d) Minister Steel’s response is to tell Canberrans to “find a different way into the city”; and

(e) Light Rail 2B will cause traffic congestion for the southside of Canberra for up to a decade; and

(2) calls on the ACT Government to:

(a) research and publish current delay statistics for the areas of Woden, Weston Creek and Tuggeranong including Tuggeranong Parkway, Cotter Road, John Gorton Drive and Hindmarsh Drive;

(b) explain to Canberrans how to “find a different way into the city” when all major roads from the south are affected; and

The core of the problem about the tram is that it has been sold as the cure for congestion but it is in fact the cause of congestion.

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