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Wanniassa residents will also benefit from other investments to public transport infrastructure in Tuggeranong, particularly upgrades to wayfinding and signage at both the Erindale Interchange and Tuggeranong Interchange. These upgrades and improvements will make it easier for people to access public transport and to find their bus easily, matching the signage recently rolled out in the City and Woden to ensure consistency across the Territory.
I am committed to continuing to invest in our public transport network and working with Canberrans to make practical improvements to the public transport services they rely on every day.
I have asked Transport Canberra to consider opportunities to improve services for residents of Wanniassa as part of future changes to the public transport network.
Thank you for raising this matter. I trust this information is of assistance.
Planning—Coombs peninsula—petition 31-19
By Mr Gentleman, Minister for Planning and Land Management, dated 3 February 2020, in response to a petition lodged by Mrs Jones on 27 November 2019 concerning future development in Coombs.
The response read as follows:
Dear Mr Duncan
Thank you for your letter of 26 November 2019 providing petition No 31-19 lodged by Mrs Giulia Jones MLA, about future development in Coombs.
I thank Mrs Jones for lodging this petition with the Assembly. The matters raised in the petition have also been raised directly with me, with other members of the Government, with the Assembly’s Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Renewal, and was documented in their Report No 9 on Draft Variation to the Territory Plan No 360 (Molonglo River Reserve).
I appreciate the concerns that have been raised through the petition about the use of the remaining part of the peninsula. The planning for Coombs and the wider Molonglo Valley has always indicated this area is proposed to be developed for residential purposes. This has been the case since Variation to the Territory Plan No 281 took effect in 2008.
The Government released the ACT Planning Strategy 2018 (the Strategy) in 2018, which framed how local, regional and global changes and trends affecting the Territory can be best managed for our city. The Strategy provides a clear, robust and contemporary urban planning framework to guide our growth as a sustainable, competitive and equitable Canberra.
Relevant to the matters raised by the petition, the Strategy recognises the importance of carefully weighing up decisions about greenfield planning and development against protecting our natural environment, our green spaces and bushland setting. The Government is committed to supporting future growth in a
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