{"id":38752,"date":"2026-05-05T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=38752"},"modified":"2026-05-05T05:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:00:04","slug":"woden-light-rail-extension-comment-andrew-braddock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/woden-light-rail-extension-comment-andrew-braddock\/","title":{"rendered":"Woden Light Rail Extension Comment: Andrew Braddock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Andrew Braddock MLA, ACT Greens spokesperson for Transport:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Greens have backed light rail to Woden from day one, and an extension to Mawson since before the 2020 election. Delivering Stage 1 is a key part of Shane Rattenbury\u2019s legacy, and we\u2019re proud to making it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our focus now is getting Stage 2 built &#8211; and built on time &#8211; so more Canberrans can access cleaner, greener, more reliable public transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We welcome the Government\u2019s announcement on the State Circle alignment. It\u2019s a positive step forward, but it\u2019s long overdue. This project needs to get moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Securing Federal Government support is now critical. Andrew Braddock MLA is petitioning the House of Representatives to back light rail, and is calling on Canberrans to sign and share. You can add your support here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Favdoxm.clicks.mlsend.com%2Ftl%2Fc%2FeyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjExODUyODEsXCJsXCI6MTg2NDk5NDE5NzI4Nzc1MTExLFwiclwiOjE4NjQ5OTQzMDM0MDM2MzkyNn0iLCJzIjoiM2FlYTU4NmNjZjgzM2VmOSJ9&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca907949ad2954481274708dea9804999%7Cb46c190803344236b978585ee88e4199%7C0%7C0%7C639134565661643070%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LRTPtEGfeJvLUzWqNKvgZvZVu8g7cDvHb2TRStP9%2Fjk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/e-petitions\/petition\/EN9851<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Braddock MLA, ACT Greens spokesperson for Transport:&nbsp; &#8220;The Greens have backed light rail to Woden from day one, and an extension to Mawson since before the 2020 election. Delivering Stage 1 is a key part of Shane Rattenbury\u2019s legacy, and we\u2019re proud to making it happen. &#8220;Our focus now is getting Stage 2 built &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/woden-light-rail-extension-comment-andrew-braddock\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Woden Light Rail Extension Comment: Andrew Braddock&#8221;<\/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-38752","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\/38752","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=38752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38753,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38752\/revisions\/38753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}