Page 3449 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 22 August 2018
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that we see today, a community space that is valued by many locals in the inner south. A Narrabundah resident notes issues in addition to parking concerns:
Toilet upgrade and better lighting for better security at night time are my main concerns. Narrabundah is a low socioeconomic suburb and has been forgotten by government authority. If there is a scope for an upgrade then Narrabundah shops must be of top priority.
A resident from Yarralumla told me:
The whole area around the shops has not been upgraded for many years and is looking very tired. The pavement is very old, the bench seats are old with the paintwork flaking off, the walls around the shops also have paint flaking off and hand rails near the steps are bent due to cars accidentally running into them.
Another resident says:
There has been no maintenance of the public areas for over 15 years and a number of long standing maintenance issues are now posing a risk to public safety.
Yet another resident says:
It has been a number of years since the paving and landscaping in front of the shops was completed. The centre is now looking tired and in need of revitalisation.
I know that the ever-hardworking Yarralumla Residents Association logged a detailed list of maintenance issues on the fix my street portal. I have also on many occasions written to the Minister for Transport and City Services to request attention to basic maintenance issues. I hope that, by my moving my motion today, the minister does turn her head to these matters. Perhaps they are not as sexy or damning as what is happening at the hospital or not as sexy or damning as what is happening with the consultations regarding the bus network. These are, nevertheless, issues that impact many residents in my electorate.
The third issue relayed to me is initiative to create a sense of community. Of course, I should not be surprised, but in the midst of the feedback I received was yet another confirmation of the great pride Canberrans take in our city. A Lyneham resident is so keen to see more community facilities that he stated to me:
I would like to see a wooden table and chairs put in place at Lyneham shops outside the IGA. I would also like a gas BBQ placed there (which I will pay for). It would be a great place for people to get together. I will even pay for it myself as long as you can get the appropriate BARR-ed—
That is the Chief Minister—
up approval to see it done. I will even arrange for artists to come and put their art on the table.
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