Page 2194 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 31 October 1989
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MRS GRASSBY: Thank you, Mrs Nolan. We will be looking at anything in the ACT that can make it much safer for people travelling on any of our highways. Unfortunately, most of the problem with the Federal Highway seems to be in New South Wales. I know that the one you are talking about is not, and we are looking at that, but the worst problem is in New South Wales. That highway is to be upgraded, as we know, but it is taking time. Most of the problem, I understand, is caused by the number of trucks and buses that are now on the highway, and people travelling at speeds much faster than they should be and not being able to take care on that part about which you are speaking, where there is a rise and the drivers cannot see. So we will be looking at trying to do something about that particular area.
MRS NOLAN: I have a supplementary question. My question was: will the Minister immediately issue instructions to her department to place an unbroken double centre line extending up the hill to the crest?
MRS GRASSBY: No, Mrs Nolan, I will not be telling officers of my department to do anything until they have checked it and looked at it, as I am not an expert on roads but I have people in my department who are. I will ask them to go out, have a look at the road and give me a report on it. If they come back and tell me exactly what Mrs Nolan said, then I will ask them to do it immediately.
City Plan
MR JENSEN: My question is directed to the Chief Minister in her capacity as Minister for planning. I refer her to proposals to vary the city plan for Gordon, variation No. 4, 1308/89, and Monash, section 6-18, by changing the gazetted roads to remove battleaxe blocks to make the developments "more commercially viable". Can the Chief Minister advise the Assembly of the rationale behind these changes and whether they set the scene for changes to longstanding planning policies which would meet the needs of developers rather than of people who will be living in the new suburban areas?
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Jensen for the question. I do not have the detail available to me on either of those proposals, Mr Speaker, so I will take that question on notice and report in full to the Assembly as soon as I can.
Car Parking in Residential Areas
MR MOORE: My question is addressed to the Minister for Housing and Urban Services. Will she give this Assembly an assurance that pegging and marking work, apparently for the purpose of parking, in the Reid area will cease immediately
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