The ACT Greens will use this week in Parliament to drive action from the ACT Government to deliver their active travel network, focusing on West Belconnen where paths are either missing entirely or incomplete and unsafe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ACT Greens Deputy Leader Jo Clay said the party has been hearing from people all over Canberra who want to travel by riding, walking and taking public transport, but are facing too many incomplete pathways, missing connections and dangerous conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Wednesday Ms Clay will call on the ACT Labor Government to consult with the community and conduct a feasibility study into how they will deliver the West Belconnen Active Travel Network and review how they\u2019ll deliver the territory-wide plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople want choice, but the way our city is currently designed we don\u2019t have that. The ACT Government knows this which is why they have an Active Travel Plan\u00ad\u2014so now we have all these routes planned, but no clarity on how it will be delivered by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCanberra is better with bikes. We need wide connected footpaths\u2014not paint lines next to the road\u2014that everyone can use. When done well, paths like this deliver traffic calming measures to make our streets safer for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA good path and public transport network keeps people physically and mentally healthier. It makes it easy to walk down to the shops, ride to school or work and spend time outdoors. It also reduces noise and air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWeeks ago, the Labor Climate Minister said the ACT will not meet its legislated emissions reduction target and that we\u2019re off track to achieve net zero by 2045. Transport continues to be the ACT\u2019s biggest polluter, making up over 60% of our emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a no brainer that delivering the paths, connections and infrastructure people need to ride or walk around will reduce our overall emissions. But right now we don\u2019t have that option in West Belconnen for people to ride into work, school or down to the shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWest Belconnen is rapidly growing, and \u00adour pathways and active travel connections were already poor. We need better public infrastructure in this part of Canberra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why the ACT Government must work with the community to identify the priorities in this plan\u2014given Labor\u2019s budget blowout\u2014how they will do it, and when.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The motion will also call on the ACT Government to transparently record how much funding has been allocated to deliver the Active Travel Plan 2024-30 and how much has been spent per financial year in annual reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canberra By Bike Founder, Paris Lord:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe’re pleased to support this latest effort to get people in Belconnen the infrastructure that enables more choices in how people get around their neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLocals tell us they want to be able to walk or roll to their local shops for groceries or medical appointments, or feel safe to let their children ride with their friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFusing missing links and calming our streets makes such trips more likely, and boosts our collective quality of life.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ACT Greens will use this week in Parliament to drive action from the ACT Government to deliver their active travel network, focusing on West Belconnen where paths are either missing entirely or incomplete and unsafe. ACT Greens Deputy Leader Jo Clay said the party has been hearing from people all over Canberra who want … Continue reading “Greens Push Government to Deliver the ACT’s Active Travel Network”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36318,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36317\/revisions\/36318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}