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Bus Depot open day tomorrow to celebrate Belconnen’s 50th

THE Director of Public Transport Operations, Ian McGlinn, says Canberrans are invited to celebrate 50 years of Belconnen with a fun ACTION Bus Depot open day and community street party tomorrow, Saturday September 10. “The […]

Liberals say the real cost of light rail is $4,000 per household per year

ALISTAIR Coe says the real cost of ACT Labor’s tram plan has been revealed through new analysis. The ACT Labor tram network will amount to $14 billion according to a former senior ACT Treasury official […]

Twitter goes to town on new ACT plate logos

YESTERDAY the ACT Government asked the public for ideas to make up the ACT’s licence plate logos. Twitter has been quick to take up the challenge. #NewACTplate Tweets [Image via @realcanberra]

Sod turned for Cotter Road duplication

MEEGAN Fitzharris says work on the Cotter Road stage 2 duplication, providing a dual carriageway from west of the Tuggeranong Parkway to east of Yarralumla Creek, has begun. “The ACT Government announced an investment of […]

Behold your future Canberrans! The electric bus is here!

MEEGAN Fitzharris says a 12-month trial of electric buses will be conducted in Canberra with three electric buses being delivered by December 2016. “The trial will involve the use of three electric buses on regular […]

Much needed upgrades coming to the Sullivans Creek path

BEN McHugh, Acting Director of Capital Works, Transport Canberra and City Services, says works will get underway this week to upgrade priority sections of path between Barry Drive and Wattle Street in Turner and O’Connor […]

Sods duly turned for Aikman Drive duplication

MEEGAN Fitzharris says work will now get underway on the $9.8 million project to duplicate Belconnen’s Aikman Drive between Ginninderra Drive and Emu Bank, making it easier for buses, cyclists, pedestrians and motorists to access […]

Greens promise bus fare freeze

SHANE Rattenbury and Murrumbidgee candidate Caroline Le Couteur have announced details of the Greens transport plan, including Stage 2 of light rail and a bus fare freeze. “The Greens are putting the community first and […]

Further tough penalties for texting and driving

SHANE Rattenbury says that from September 1, tough new penalties will come into force for texting, using social media or the internet while driving. “In this day and age we all have our phones on […]

Hydrogen powered cars coming to Canberra

SIMON Corbell says international businesses will invest $180 million to bring hydrogen energy storage to Canberra, including the first hydrogen fuelled car fleet and service station. Simon said the partnerships would position the ACT as […]

Liberals’ tram ad excites and divides opinion

OVER the weekend the Canberra Liberals launched a major advertising campaign attacking the light rail project. The ad has drawn an incendiary response from Shane Rattenbury: ACT Greens MLA, Shane Rattenbury, has slammed the Liberal […]

A new vision for Canberra’s buses

MEEGAN Fitzharris has announced a timetable for the rollout of Transport Canberra’s future Rapid Bus Network, which will include more rapid services, over 100 new jobs, including 80 drivers, 80 new buses, the design of […]

Crackdown on taxi credit card surcharges

ANDREW Barr says Canberrans will pay less for taxi services with the ACT Government introducing of a cap on electronic payment surcharges from 1 November 2016. “We don’t want to see Canberrans being ripped off […]

A new bus timetable next week

MEEGAN Fitzharris says the new bus timetable is coming into effect from Saturday 27 August. Meegan said the new weekend and weekday timetables would introduce new and extended services, while also meeting the needs of […]

EPIC Park and Ride to move making way for the tram

TRANSPORT Canberra is advising that the EPIC Park & Ride will relocate within the EPIC Showgrounds from Thursday 1 September 2016 to allow for the establishment of a site office as part of stage one […]

Tiger add Melbourne-Canberra flights

TIGERAIR Australia have announced a new route providing daily return services between Melbourne and Canberra. Andrew Barr says that the new service will mean over 2500 additional visitor seats every week through both airports. “Details […]

Extra training for P-Platers

SHANE Rattenbury says the ACT’s young motorists will soon undergo new training, assessment and enhanced testing of road rules, focusing on how to drive safely around pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. “The new driver competency will […]

Blackspot funding for Belconnen intersections

VICKI Dunne has welcomed the announcement of $1.146 million in Black Spot funding to improve intersections in Belconnen. “The investment from the Commonwealth Government will help to make intersections in my electorate of Ginninderra safer […]

Liberals extol the virtues of their Barton Highway flyover plan

ALISTAIR Coe says revelations that the Barton Highway/William Slim/Gundaroo Drive Roundabout remains the worst intersection for crashes in the ACT again highlights the need for a flyover, as the Canberra Liberals have promised if elected. […]

Electric bicycles for the ACT’s public servants

MEEGAN Fitzharris and Simon Corbell have announced a trial of pedal assisted electric bicycles (e-bikes) across ACT Government workplaces to promote sustainable and active local work travel by staff. The trial will encourage the use […]