A plan to create 24 new jobs to keep the capital city beautiful has been announced by the Minister for Transport and City Services Chris Steel following the need for attention dealing with rapid grass growth and repairing damaged roads caused by recent record rainfall.
Mr Steel said Canberra had experienced high levels of rainfall in recent months believed to be due to La Niña conditions and resulting in prolific grass and weed growth, along with damage to Canberra’s roads.
“While the recent rain has been welcome, it has seen an increase to damage to our roads and rapid growth of vegetation across some parts of the city,” Mr Steel said.
“This additional investment will create 24 new jobs and allow us to source more equipment as our teams on the ground continue to work seven days a week to keep up with increased demand.”
Mr Steel said the injection of funds would also deliver on Government promises to fast-track repairs to potholes across the Territory within the first six months of being re-elected.
“We are beginning work immediately to deliver our election commitment to fix the additional potholes,” Mr Steel said.
“This investment is in addition to the ongoing preventative road maintenance program which began in October and will help ensure that our City is well presented and safe for all Canberrans,” he said.
