Page 3724 - Week 10 - Thursday, 19 September 2019

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example, Lyons Early Childhood School has two female SASSCOs as at the beginning of 2019 there were no male teachers at the school.

Roads—traffic management
(Question No 2645)

Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Transport and City Services, upon notice, on 16 August 2019 (redirected to the Minister for Roads and Active Travel):

(1) In relation to the initiative to deliver individual traffic management plans for every school (a) what is the current status of this initiative, (b) how many schools have been completed, (c) how many schools remain to be completed, (d) what is the timeline for completion of this initiative and (e) what are the typical deliverables of this initiative for the schools completed to date.

(2) In relation to the adoption of the World Health Organisation’s HEAT tool for assessing active travel projects (a) what is the current status of this initiative, (b) when will the tool start to be used for assessing projects and (c) how much of the budget funding for this initiative has been spent, and on what activities.

Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) (a) Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) has undertaken research to see how similar plans are delivered in other jurisdictions and consulted key stakeholders about the best approach to developing traffic management plans for all schools.

(b) No traffic management plans have been finalised yet. TCCS is continuing to work with key stakeholders to ensure the proposed approach meets the needs of schools and their communities.

(c) As noted above, TCCS is yet to finalise any traffic management plans.

(d) TCCS will finalise the first tranche of traffic management plans this financial year.

(e) Each school and local environment is different, thus the information included in each plan will vary depending on the school’s unique requirements based on the school size, location and travel patterns.

(2) (a) TCCS is currently finalising an investigation into the use of the World Health Organisation’s HEAT Tool (the Tool).

(b) TCCS intends to use the Tool in the upcoming 2020/21 budget process.

(c) Funding for this initiative has been spent. The key activities undertaken were the collection and synthesis of data, research and analysis, and the development of a new business protocol to guide use of the Tool.

Planning—leases
(Question No 2646)

Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Planning and Land Management, upon notice, on 16 August 2019:

In relation to the statement of leases granted for the period 1 April 2019 to 30 June 2019, why were the leases (a) Greenway section 81 block 1 and (b) Taylor section 37 block 1, granted as direct sales.


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