The following residents of the ACT draw to the attention of the Assembly that the existing path at the north-eastern corner of the Mawson Playing Fields is not meeting the needs of the community.
The existing path involves a steep climb up to a sharp corner at Heard Street. This steep climb is challenging for many path users, and the sharp corner is adjacent to the kerb and unsafe for bicycles. The path is also in poor condition and is too narrow to support all types of users. Over many years the community has indicated its clear preference by creating a desire line path along the tree line. This desire line path avoids both the sharp corner and the steep climb on the existing path.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call on the ACT Government to construct a shared path, at least 3 metres wide and with lighting, along the desire line across the north-eastern corner of the Mawson Playing Fields, to connect the shared path from Farrer with the path at the corner of Heard Street and Mawson Place.