Mr WARREN - 2006-10-11
In 2005, the government made an election commitment to provide additional and upgraded bus shelters. Can the minister inform the House on the status of the bus shelter program?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Goyder. I know he has been working very hard at the local level in Litchfield Shire. We have quite a few bus shelters sitting out at Freds Pass and the Territory government is currently working with the elected member, the Litchfield Shire, and members of the community to look at the best locations for those bus shelters in the rural area. That is great news for the people of the rural area.
As the member for Goyder said, this was an election commitment that the government is delivering on in terms of installing and upgrading bus shelters. We have committed $150 000 to the bus shelter program. Last week, I was pleased to inspect one of 15 new bus shelters being constructed at the moment. Bus shelters are important as they provide seating, shade, posted bus schedules as well as route information.
The Public Transport Division of the agency of Infrastructure and Planning determines the location on a number of factors, from public requests, to passenger numbers, frequency of the services and, importantly, the special needs of some passengers who frequent the stop. For example, if there are many elderly people in the area, it comes up the list in priority for a seated bus shelter.
A great proportion of Territorians use public transport and I am sure they welcome these improved facilities. We rolled out bus shelters in Brinkin, the Darwin CBD, Karama, Leanyer, Winnellie, Nightcliff, Palmerston and Tiwi. We have a consultative process in the Litchfield Shire to locate those wonderful bus shelters sitting and waiting for those locations at Freds Pass.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Goyder. I know he has been working very hard at the local level in Litchfield Shire. We have quite a few bus shelters sitting out at Freds Pass and the Territory government is currently working with the elected member, the Litchfield Shire, and members of the community to look at the best locations for those bus shelters in the rural area. That is great news for the people of the rural area.
As the member for Goyder said, this was an election commitment that the government is delivering on in terms of installing and upgrading bus shelters. We have committed $150 000 to the bus shelter program. Last week, I was pleased to inspect one of 15 new bus shelters being constructed at the moment. Bus shelters are important as they provide seating, shade, posted bus schedules as well as route information.
The Public Transport Division of the agency of Infrastructure and Planning determines the location on a number of factors, from public requests, to passenger numbers, frequency of the services and, importantly, the special needs of some passengers who frequent the stop. For example, if there are many elderly people in the area, it comes up the list in priority for a seated bus shelter.
A great proportion of Territorians use public transport and I am sure they welcome these improved facilities. We rolled out bus shelters in Brinkin, the Darwin CBD, Karama, Leanyer, Winnellie, Nightcliff, Palmerston and Tiwi. We have a consultative process in the Litchfield Shire to locate those wonderful bus shelters sitting and waiting for those locations at Freds Pass.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016