Page 2587 - Week 07 - Thursday, 1 August 2019
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The signatories to the petition sought to draw to the attention of the Assembly the impact the removal of bus route 54 would have on the residents of Gungahlin. The petition claimed that it would:
… not be an improvement to the bus service to remove our direct link to Belconnen and instead, to require us to travel to Gungahlin first, then change to another bus for Belconnen.
The petition further noted that the removal of bus route 54 would cause difficulties for older residents, requiring them to:
… walk nearly a kilometre from Crace central to a bus stop in Gundaroo Drive to catch a more direct link to Belconnen.
The committee sought a response from the minister to the out-of-order petition on 10 September 2018, which it received on 19 June 2019. The minister’s response noted the following:
… the planned routes through Crace have been modified to link directly with Rapid Route 8 on Gundaroo Drive. Routes 23 and 24 will service the stop on Gundaroo Drive before and after travelling through Crace. This change in direction removes the need to walk from Crace or travel to Gungahlin to connect with the route to and from Belconnen.
The minister’s response further noted:
Transport Canberra and City Services will continue to carefully monitor all feedback received regarding the new bus network so that we can assess how the network as a whole is functioning over time.
The committee will not be inquiring further into the matters raised in the out-of-order petition on bus route 54.
Statement by chair
MS ORR (Yerrabi) (11.13): Pursuant to standing order 246A I wish to make a statement on behalf of the Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services relating to petition 4-19. The petition was received by the Assembly on 13 February 2019 and referred to the committee under standing order 99A. As signatories to petition 4-19, 533 residents of the ACT sought to draw to the attention of the Assembly “the lack of a bus service linking students from Fairbairn ACT to their Priority Enrolment Schools in Campbell”.
The committee notes that, in her response to the petition on 14 May 2019, the Minister for Transport and City Services confirmed that due to the small number of students using the Fairbairn Park service the new network did not include a school bus service for Fairbairn Park. However, the minister also gave assurances that the feedback provided in the petition:
… will be shared with Transport Canberra and City Services for consideration as part of the development of any future changes to services and timetables.
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