Final stage of Gungahlin Drive to start this month

Tuggeranong Parkway, Athllon Drive, Erindale Drive (which turns into Yamba Drive), Monaro Hwy.

Tuggeranong has 4 being the Parkway, Athlon Drive, the Tuggeranong Parkway and forget it’s name at the moment but the road that goes past Erindale through to Woden Hospital.

Parkway, and Tuggeranong Parkway? Do you mean Namatjira and Tuggeranong Parkway?

Simple: If Gunghalin only has one access road it will be easier to isolate and send in the armed forces when it inevitably descends into a lawless ghetto. The first test in preparation of this plan was executed perfectly when skilled technicians brought down the GDE access bridge.

In all seriousness though, Gungahlin has been completely stiffed on access roads. Even the much maligned multi-million dollar GDE only managed to move the peak hour parking lot a few kilometres down the road. A muppet could see that Gundaroo Drive and Horse Park drive both need duplication, and the link between Clarrie Hermes Drive and Kuringa Drive needs to be built sooner rather than later.

DeadlySchnauzer said :

So can someone explain to me why the Gunghettes get both the GDE *and* the Majura Parkway built for them, both of which link Gungahlin to the South of Canberra (via Tuggers parkway and Monaro Highway respectively). If you look on a map its a bit silly really, both originate in Gungahlin, its just one passes the city on the east and ends up in east tuggers, the other passes the city on the west and ends up in west tuggers. Surely only one of these roads was needed?

because all roads lead to Gungahlin, the birthplace of civilisation (well in the ACT anyway)

DeadlySchnauzer said :

So can someone explain to me why the Gunghettes get both the GDE *and* the Majura Parkway built for them, both of which link Gungahlin to the South of Canberra (via Tuggers parkway and Monaro Highway respectively). If you look on a map its a bit silly really, both originate in Gungahlin, its just one passes the city on the east and ends up in east tuggers, the other passes the city on the west and ends up in west tuggers. Surely only one of these roads was needed?

What’s the issue? Belconnen has 3 main roads out, being William Hovell, Belconnen Way and Ginninderra Drive, actually 4 if you also count the Barton Highway. Woden has a choice of 3, Hindmarsh, Tuggeranong Parkway and Adelide Ave and Tuggeranong has 4 being the Parkway, Athlon Drive, the Tuggeranong Parkway and forget it’s name at the moment but the road that goes past Erindale through to Woden Hospital. So why should Gungahlin be any different and have just 1 road out?

Those talking about the Monaro Hwy may be pleased to hear that the Federal Govt’s $30 million that was granted to do the first stage of the Majura Parkway to Connect the top end of the Monaro straight through to Majura Road to the north of Bland Depot has in fact been reallocated to complete the duplication on the Moanro through Fyshwick. Due to start fairly soon I believe. So we have to lobby Anthony Albanese all over again to get more funding to remove the obstacle path that KB1971 so adroitly describes. (Not that i think for a moment that the Monaro didn’t also warrant doing – if not for that bottleneck when I first moved backed to Canberra I may have ended up a southside resident…)

The push for Majura Parkway has a lot less to do with Gungahlin commuters than it has to do with providing a heavy transport bypass to the city, plus a freight link from the airport for Messrs Snow’s dreaded 24/7 freight hub.

Of interest is this media release from the CM about a relatively small component of the fix to the cock-up that was John Hargreaves’ single lane GDE. There have not been similar releases for the other contracts as they were kicked off, that I can recall. I think he is trying to reinforce his statements on 666 yesterday about “all the infrastructure that is being delivered in Gungahlin” when questioned about the culling of playing fields from Casey and Crace concept plans.

As for having to reseal sections already due to the totally crap first job, +1 for what Keijidosha said. Not the bit about dopes though. I have a lot of time for Tony Gill. I just feel he has been dealt a poisoned chalice, having at times to defend the indefensible.

Same can be said for the Barton Highway. The difference being that the intersections added to that mess are dangerous as well as inconvenient.

Or how about the roundabout where the Federal Highway meets Antill Street for a piece of genius? “Hay guise, we don’t want traffic screaming into Northbourne Avenue at 100kph, so install a roundabout at the bottom of a steep hill and pave it with teflon. What’s that? Crashes you say? Well rip up the teflon and repave it with something slightly more abrasive than a wet bathtub.”

KB1971 said :

It would have been an extremely intelligent thing to make Majura Road into a Canberra bypass doubling as an arterial link into Gungahlin.

Why was this never obvious to the powers that be? Instead, lets put some extra traffic lights in at the Hume prison, and slow things down further. When there could have been a highway quality road from south of Calwell to the Federal Highway, instead things are getting slower and slower.

That’ll make it the GDEE.

If they keep up the good work, it’ll be GDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE at the rate they’re going.

DeadlySchnauzer said :

So can someone explain to me why the Gunghettes get both the GDE *and* the Majura Parkway built for them, both of which link Gungahlin to the South of Canberra (via Tuggers parkway and Monaro Highway respectively). If you look on a map its a bit silly really, both originate in Gungahlin, its just one passes the city on the east and ends up in east tuggers, the other passes the city on the west and ends up in west tuggers. Surely only one of these roads was needed?

I actually see the merit in upgrading Majura Road and believe that it should have happend first. Haivng said that I am looking entirely from a southsider point of veiw. The Monaro Hwy is a major artery into Canberra & carries a lot of through traffic with the likes of heavy trucks, travellers to Sydney from SE NSW & Eastern Vic.

It would have been an extremely intelligent thing to make Majura Road into a Canberra bypass doubling as an arterial link into Gungahlin.

But do we do this? No, instead we force vehicles that are over dimension, b-double rated ect to negotiate two 90degree corners (which thankfully have traffic lights on them now) & two extra roundabouts & along a single lane road that is over stressed and has been for years.

Oh, its not just Gungahlin residents that are inconvenienced in the mornings, the Monaro Highway comes to a standstill in the mornings almost as far back as the gaol (isnt that an eye opener at 100km/h) at times because the bulk of the traffic has to merge at the Canberra Ave overpass.

KB1971 said :

Yay, NOW FINISH THE MONARO HIGHWAY!!!!!!!

+1

p1 said :

So when are they going to build the bit to connect the GDE to the federal highway, and make the road of some use to the majority of Canberrans, who don’t like in the Gunghetto, and don’t want to visit there?

Sandford Street is being / will be extended to Federal Highway – which is why the intersection of Sandford St / Flemington Road is currently being upgraded.

So when are they going to build the bit to connect the GDE to the federal highway, and make the road of some use to the majority of Canberrans, who don’t like in the Gunghetto, and don’t want to visit there?

…the irony of mispelling ‘incompetent’ is not lost on me either.

“and the resealing of a section of the GDE between Bandjalong Crescent in Aranda and the Glenloch Interchange.”

When this section of road was first duplicated it could have easily been done properly with hotmix, instead of the cheap and nasty asphalt that now apparently needs resealing a mere 2-3 years later. Judging by the poor condition of all roads leading to Glenloch, this might be an indication of what will become a very costly maintanence regime.

Then again that would be modus-operandi for the incompent, short sighted dopes who have overseen the entire GDE farce.

So during this construction phase, will my Gunghette staff still be working on Gungahlin time?

Yay, NOW FINISH THE MONARO HIGHWAY!!!!!!!

Non Gunghettes should try to contain their enthusiasm at the promise of easier access to the Light of the North.

Spat coffee all over my keyboard. Invoice for a replacement is on the way, JB.

So can someone explain to me why the Gunghettes get both the GDE *and* the Majura Parkway built for them, both of which link Gungahlin to the South of Canberra (via Tuggers parkway and Monaro Highway respectively). If you look on a map its a bit silly really, both originate in Gungahlin, its just one passes the city on the east and ends up in east tuggers, the other passes the city on the west and ends up in west tuggers. Surely only one of these roads was needed?