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MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND URBAN SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
Public Area Paving
QUESTION NO. 216
Ms Follett - asked the Minister for Finance and Urban Services on 15 August 1990
(1) How much did the ACT Government spend in 1989/90 on paving public areas with "pink payers".
(2) At what locations, and at what cost, were individual contracts let for the work included in the total at (1) above.
(3) For each location detailed at (2) above, did the work involve paving of a new area or the replacement of existing paving material such as asphalt.
(4) In each case where the paving involved the replacement of existing material, what was the reason for that replacement.
Mr Duby - the answer to the Members questions are as follows:
(1) During the 1989/90 financial year the ACT Government spent $935,259 on paving public areas with "pink payers" as part of the works comprising six separate projects.
(2) Paving relating to the advice in (1) above was laid as part of the following contracts at the locations indicated -
Item (i) Paving costing $15,555 was laid as surface treatment to the traffic control islands which form the new roundabouts at the intersections of Torrens Street with Elmore Street and Girrahween Street Braddon. The contract for Braddon/Turner Stormwater Upgrading and Roundabouts, of which this work was part, was let for $1,003,955.
Item (ii) Paving costing $98,585 was laid in the pedestrian verges to City Sections 38 and 53 in Ainslie Avenue, Akin Street and Honda Street. The contract for City Section 38 and 53 Verge Works, of which this work was part, was let for $358,272.
Item (iii) Paving costing $157,507 was laid in the pedestrian verges of Honda Street not covered by (ii) above adjacent to the new Canberra Centre. The contractfor City - Honda Street Verge Works, of which this work was part, was let for $278,473.
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