Page 2181 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020
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MS CHEYNE (Ginninderra) (9.41): I appreciate Mrs Kikkert’s efforts in bringing this petition—
Mrs Kikkert: Then why did you not extend my speech?
MADAM SPEAKER: Mrs Kikkert, that is enough.
MS CHEYNE: I note that, under the standing orders, everyone has five minutes maximum, for a maximum of 30 minutes.
Madam Speaker, the bus terminus expansion in Fraser has, it appears, been necessary with the increase in buses and the increase in routes and the number of services that the government has put on with the new network that began in 2019.
I appreciate that while this terminus, in its smaller form, has existed for many years, the expansion does appear to be imperfect, including the noise from the idling of the buses; the dust that has been created with the expansion; and, as Mrs Kikkert touched on, how the buses enter and exit the expanded terminus.
It is certainly not lost on me—or, I think, the other members of Ginninderra—that this is having an impact on residents, not just in Shakespeare Crescent, but in the surrounding streets. I am very grateful that they have been engaging with their local members, including me and Mrs Kikkert. In turn, I have been pleased to work with the minister’s office, especially in the last week, so let me give an update for members.
Millings, which I think are ground up asphalt, were dropped off yesterday to help with the dust. The millings will be spread and compacted.
Mrs Kikkert interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mrs Kikkert, enough.
MS CHEYNE: The millings will be spread and compacted. I was there yesterday; and I am sure that more millings will be coming so that they can be spread and compacted in the area.
On Friday, the team from TCCS will be on site consulting with residents, not just opposite the terminus, but adjacent to it and, hopefully, in the surrounding streets. I am also advised by the minister’s office that there is planning underway for a drop-in session at the site for other residents in the coming week.
I appreciate that this is very much having an impact on residents—
Mrs Kikkert: Your time is up.
MS CHEYNE: It is not. I very much appreciate that this is having an impact on residents and their lives. I hope that with these efforts, and with the government working in a genuine way with the community, there is an outcome that can be reached here that is suitable for everybody.
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