Bunda Street upgrade

Snarky said :

Well I’m all for resurfacing Bunda St – it’s a friggin’ goat track at the the moment aound the top end.

definitely, although it might be best to wait until the building on the old cinema site is complete so that the truck traffic doesn’t wreck the new road surface.

Morgan said :

I wonder if Bunda Street shouldn’t be made one way, at least part of the way then put angle parking in., fit more cars, widen the footpaths, add a bike lane etc.

definitely a good idea.

Next thing you know, they’ll be knocking down the Sydney & Melbourne Buildings because “they are just SO old”.

harvyk1: yeap, you’ll find me at the noodle house on anketell street at least once a fortnight. Having quality laksa that much closer to home is doing nothing good for my waistline.

Anketell street is a great improvement in amenities for Tuggeranong, but apart from a 200m strip it is still dead. Good eateries and bars, but 50m away is like a de-militarized zone. Small steps I guess.

I hope that whomever thought putting a college and fast food craphouses on prime “water”front was a good idea got shown the door a long time ago.

I agree with bd84 re: making Bunda street pedestrian only. There’s a lot of places where this could work (shared use zone and/or 10km/h limit on Anketell?).

Bunda street should just be shut off to general traffic, there is very little point in driving down it or the side streets during the day, unless you like waiting 10 minutes for pedestrians at each zebra crossing. They should make it a mall with access for delivery vehicles for the canberra centre etc. put some decent paving and some pretty green bits and seating and it will all be good. It will let the restaurants on the ground floor there extend their outdoor areas too.

I wonder if Bunda Street shouldn’t be made one way, at least part of the way then put angle parking in., fit more cars, widen the footpaths, add a bike lane etc.

Well I’m all for resurfacing Bunda St – it’s a friggin’ goat track at the the moment aound the top end.

We’re half-way through October – what’s the consultation process Hargreaves?

It’s certainly busy in Tuggeranong at lunch time… it’s so much better on Anketell Street than it used to be… a thumbs up for that redevelopment.

yea tuggeranong has improved alot, althought whenever i wak or drive pass (which is at all different times of day and night) it is never busy..??

captainwhorebags said :

Work on getting people to congregate closer to where they live and work, rather than driving upwards of 20km into Civic and then struggling to park. Create viable cafe areas outside of Civic/Kingston/Manuka. Put more than colleges alongside the “other” lakes.

Have you been to Tuggeranong of late? They (or at least someone) has really upgraded Anketell st, along the front. I don’t know if you remember, but it used to be almost a wasteland with a bus stop, now it’s got cafes, restaurants, and it a half worthwhile place to be.