Improvements being made to the Gungahlin Town Centre and surrounding road network, as well as the introduction of light rail, will revitalise the area, according to the Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate (TCCS).
Acting Executive Director of City Place and Infrastructure at TCCS, Ben McHugh said Gungahlin would become one of the most sought after communities for people to live, work and socialise.
He said that despite the wet weather in June, significant progress had been made over the past six weeks on the first stage of the duplication of Gundaroo Drive.
“Drivers will have noticed two lanes are now open between Nari Street and Gungahlin Drive heading towards Belconnen, as works progress along the length of the duplication ahead of completion of all stage one works later this year,” Mr McHugh said.
He said this was one of a number of upgrades in and around the Town Centre.
Others include the duplication of Horse Park Drive between the Federal Highway and Katherine Avenue (west); an extension of Ernest Cavanagh Street between Hinder Street and Manning Clark Crescent; construction of a new road, Camilleri Way, from Manning Clark Crescent to Gungahlin Place; and reconstruction of Hibberson Street to a oneway shared zone from Gungahlin Place to Gozzard Street.
“There is a lot happening concurrently across Gungahlin and the ACT Government understands the inconvenience to residents and commuters, particularly those local to Gungahlin, whilst these works are under way,” Mr McHugh said.
