Belconnen bus network changes

Subject:
Belconnen bus network changes
Eligibility:
Residents of ACT
Sponsoring member:
Mrs Elizabeth Kikkert MLA
No. of Signatures:
589
Posting Date:
Closing Date:
14/5/2019
Tabled:
15/5/2019
Referred to Minister:
15/5/2019
Responded to:
Yes
 
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Information about the Principal Petitioner is available through the sponsoring Member of the Legislative Assembly's office
TO: The Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly
Reason for this Petition

The following residents of the ACT draw to the attention of the Assembly that bus network changes substantially inconvenience Belconnen residents by:

- removing the 712, 714, 717 and 744 Xpresso buses
- eliminating school buses taking Belconnen students to and from Canberra Grammar School, Lyneham high school, Brindabella College, Canberra Girls' Grammar School, St Clare's College, St Edmund's College and Daramalan College; and
- reducing the frequency of the 40 bus in the Aranda area during both morning and afternoon peak hours despite requests for increased service.

For many students, workers and families, this means significantly more time spent commuting from 29 April 2019.

Example - 712 takes 40 minutes to Northbourne and instead it will take bus# 43 and 9 approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call upon the ACT Government to restore these bus services or provide an equivalent or better alternative.