Page 3854 - Week 12 - Thursday, 24 October 2013
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Still in Chifley, there is also the ongoing issue that is presenting itself in the suburban streets, and that is illegal parking in some areas and opportune parking in others, where employees of the Woden precinct area are parking in the suburb, clogging up the residential streets and making the walk down to the Woden plaza precinct on a daily basis. The suburban streets there were never designed to handle such congestion of parking on a daily basis. It narrows the roadway in areas where parking is permitted in that only one car may pass at a time and causes black spots and hazards for residents as they try to exit their driveways.
Moving down to the Fadden, Macarthur and Gowrie region, I have spoken a number of times in this place about the traffic calming strategy that has been proposed along Coyne Street and Bugden Avenue. Residents are still waiting to see any improvement here, and these improvements that have been proposed, in the form of speed cushions, seem to be a stopgap measure. It is not the total solution to the problem, and I believe it only goes part way to addressing what is more of a complex situation. There needs to be more thought put into a solution here, and the other earmarked solutions such as the realignment of roadways and proposed roundabouts will certainly go a lot further than simply speed cushions to address the flow of traffic through these areas.
Similar concerns have also been raised with me about the same proposal through the Richardson, Chisholm and Gilmore areas, and residents do have concerns about the number of speed bumps that are being proposed as an initial measure.
The realignment of Coyne Street, going back to the Fadden area, would significantly improve traffic flow. The widespread use of only one method of slowing traffic, again, should not simply be relied on because it is one of cheapest and most affordable options. Recently also roadwork sealing along—
Mr Rattenbury: Did you go to the consultation at all?
MR WALL: Mr Rattenbury interjected, “Did I participate in the consultation?” Yes, I did, minister. I was quite happy to have the opportunity—
MADAM SPEAKER: It would be disorderly, Mr Wall, to respond to Mr Rattenbury’s disorderly interjection.
MR WALL: My apologies, Madam Speaker.
Ms Burch interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: And Minister Burch, you can stop being disorderly as well.
MR WALL: Recently the resealing work carried out along Coyne Street has not held up to the standard and in wet weather is an extremely slippery surface. It is an issue that I have flagged previously with the Minister for TAMS—and I do understand that Ms Lawder has also—and it is an issue that is going to be addressed by the contractor. And I do look forward to seeing that being completed.
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