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ACT budget 2016: What's in it for Belconnen, Tuggeranong, Inner North, Inner South, Woden, Weston Creek and Molonglo
Here's a run down for what each township in Canberra is getting from the 2016 ACT budget.
Updated first published
Belconnen
Dr Clare Foss treats a patient in the emergency department at Calvary Hospital. Credit: Jay Cronan
- extra physician at Calvary Hospital's emergency department
- funds for University of Canberra hospital (opens in 2018)
- expansion of Weetangera and Hawker preschools
- classrooms for Maribyrnong Primary School
- $1.7 million upgrade for CIT Bruce
- playground upgrades, including Boswell Street (Florey) and Jacobs Street (Evatt)
- Charnwood and Spence shops upgrades
- widening of Aikman Drive
Central Canberra
Narrabundah Ballpark redevelopment with Canberra Cavalry player Jeremy Barnes and Sarge.Credit: Lannon Harley/ACT government
- new infrastructure at Narrabundah Ballpark
- design study for new Civic pool
- shade sails for Boundless playground
- new footpaths and shared zone in Kingston
- Telopea Park upgrade
- sustainable water system and upgrades for arboretum
- funds to help Canberra Theatre attract major shows
- new City Loop, a free bus between Civic, Braddon, New Acton and the ANU
- Alfred Deakin High School food technology facility
- Dickson College science facilities upgrade
- technology upgrades for Campbell High School
- $488,000 upgrade for CIT Reid
- Fyshwick fire station upgrade
Gungahlin
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Minister for Capital Metro Simon Corbell inspect a model of the tram.Credit: Jay Cronan
- complete widening of Horse Park Drive from Mulligan's Flat to Federal Highway
- expansion of Ernest Cavanagh Street
- light rail stage 1 (begins early 2019)
- funds to help businesses be "project ready" for light rail
- design study for Hibberson St pedestrian priority zone
- major upgrade to Yerrabi Ponds playground
- classrooms for Amaroo, Harrison and Neville Bonner schools
- expanded gym and new hard courts at Amaroo School
- expanded preschool at Neville Bonner School
- new Palmerston preschool
Tuggeranong
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Lake Tuggeranong.Credit: Panduka Senanayake
- $36 million to improve Lake Tuggeranong water quality
- major upgrade to Isabella Weir
- new wetlands, rain gardens and ponds, and fish habitats in Tharwa
- improved outdoor space, lighting and landscape at Kambah Village
- Anketell Street renewal (new street furniture and outdoor spaces)
- upgrades for Howell Street playground (Gowrie) and Tuggeranong skate park
- Tuggeranong Community Centre upgrade
- Tidbinbilla Visitors Centre upgrade
- complete widening of Ashley Drive to Johnson Drive, plus extra cycling lanes and footpaths
- new park and ride at Wanniassa shops
- new SES base at Calwell
- Guises Creek rural fire station upgrade
- Calwell High School library and science labs upgrades
- funds for Wanniassa Hills Primary to improve parking, traffic management
- Lake Tuggeranong College food technology facility upgrade
Woden, Weston Creek & Molonglo
Municipal Minister Meegan Fitzharris (left) with Weston Creek residents Cath Collins and Cath's daughter Sammi. Ms Fitzharris says Labor has changed its position on providing garden waste bins.Credit: Elesa Kurtz
- green bins trial in Weston Creek
- complete widening of Cotter Road between Tuggeranong Parkway and Yarralumla Creek
- intersection upgrades on Hindmarsh Drive and Launceston Street, and Hindmarsh Drive and Eggleston Crescent
- new Woden bus depot
- Woden bus interchange upgrades, with footpaths and lighting
- new footpaths and cycle lanes for Woden town centre
- new Stromlo pool (construction starts next year)
- new Weston Creek dog park
- $1 million upgrade for Coombs ponds
- Stromlo Forest Park upgrade
- 54 new staff for Canberra Hospital's emergency department, plus expanded trauma services
- two new neonatal intensive-care cots with eight extra staff
- The Woden School classroom upgrades
- new food technology facility at Alfred Deakin High School
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