Page 2149 - Week 10 - Thursday, 26 October 1989
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I encourage the community to comment on the consultation paper, Transport ACT, so that the Government can ensure the development of a comprehensive strategy that takes full account of public opinion. General comments should be directed to my department and specific comments should be directed to the agencies concerned. The process of consultation will be at two levels. The first will be at a general community level. Because of the long-term nature of the proposed strategy, the Government feels it is essential for the community to have an input into a policy that may involve significant changes to commuting habits, access to town centres and adjustments to new traffic arrangements.
We will be seeking comments from community groups, residents, business proprietors and other interested or affected groups. Community input on the proposals and the strategy will be welcomed and encouraged. At another level there will be consultation on the specific issues to be addressed in the strategy, such as new bus routes, fare structures, or car parking locations in residential areas.
Briefing meetings with members of the Legislative Assembly and interested groups will be arranged to outline how the issues in the strategy interrelate and its longer-term implications. These briefings will also cover the mode of implementation of the strategy, particularly of measures such as car parking controls in residential areas. There will also be a pamphlet drop on all cars parking in the Reid, Braddon and Turner area giving a basic outline of the strategy and encouraging people to obtain copies of it. The same pamphlet will be dropped in letterboxes of houses in the affected parts of Reid, Braddon and Turner.
Following the release of Transport ACT, the Government will make a final report back to the Assembly in the new year after the conclusion of consultation. I believe that a proper informed debate will result in the development of an integrated transport strategy that will provide Canberra with an affordable, accessible, efficient and equitable transport system into the 1990s. Mr Speaker, I present the following papers:
Integrated transport strategy - Ministerial statement, 26 October 1989.
Transport ACT - Consultation paper, October 1989.
I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the papers.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Nolan) adjourned.
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