The following residents of the ACT draw to the attention of the ACT Assembly:
that (1) Drake-Brockman Drive is a single carriageway road and is the primary route to the city for many Ginninderry, Holt and Higgins residents;
(2) the duplication of Drake-Brockman Drive is forthcoming;
(3) population growth is rapid in the Ginninderry area, and demand for safe bicycle lanes is increasing;
(4) the bicycle lane between Macnaughton Street and Kingsford Smith Drive is very narrow with faded lane markings and symbols, making cyclists feel unsafe; and
(5) the bicycle lanes along both sides of Southern Cross Drive from Holt to the Belconnen Town Centre occur in discontinuous segments.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call on the ACT Government to:
(1) improve the bicycle routes on both sides of Drake-Brockman Drive;
(2) ensure that designs for the duplication of Drake-Brockman Drive include shifting the bicycle lanes from on-road to exclusively off-road;
(3) ensure the bicycle lanes on both sides of Southern Cross Drive are continuous along its entire length from Holt to the Belconnen Town Centre;
(4) where it is not possible for the bicycle lane on Southern Cross Drive to be on the road, ensure there are smoothed kerb transitions between the road and nearby paths.