The Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD) has outlined details of a second stimulus package aimed at upgrading Canberra’s public spaces and recreation areas.
Minister for City Services, Chris Steel said $8.8 million had been allocated to improve the look and feel of the city with refresh works for local shopping centres and the city centre, new public toilets and increased maintenance activities.
“This broad package of work is designed to improve Canberra’s public spaces, but also to create employment when our city really needs it,” Mr Steel said.
“This is labour intensive work in construction and maintenance which will support more jobs and help to keep Canberrans in employment as the economic impact of the pandemic continues,” he said.
Mr Steel said shops in Gordon, Hackett, Kaleen East, Macgregor, Macquarie, North Lyneham, Page, Weetangera, the two local shops in Spence and two local shops in Kambah were set to be refreshed.
“Refresh works will be undertaken at a number of local shopping centre precincts across the ACT to improve safety and access and provide improved seating, landscaping and other facilities that encourage people to spend more time enjoying these public spaces,” he said.
He said City Walk in Civic would be transformed with gardens and lawn areas between Garema Place and Ainslie Place.
Mr Steel said the stimulus package also provided additional funding for maintenance works including more weeding, an enhanced cleaning program for gross pollutant traps and asphalt patching ahead of the 2020-21 road resurfacing program.
