Greens to take Monash Drive off the map

they are not nature parks. just blocks of scrub yet to be built on.. Go to the Brindabellas if you want to bush walk. You know the big mountain range that can be seen from all over Canberra, don’t be so lazy.

ant said :

I might have to rejoin the ACT voter rolls, so I can vote for this guy. jeezus, they want to build a road along there? bloody vandals!!!!! If they must spend money on roads, increase the capacity of the existing ones. This road is an appalling idea.

I remember when Majura road was a dirt road, and a useful shortcut for us to get onto the Sydney road (and battle the Razorback). Then, I can’t remember why, something happened and a bunch of Canberra traffic was diverted onto it, and there was much horror about it being dirt, and they tarred it. That was The End.

Then we discovered fire and moved out of caves!

p1 said :

Mono rai… Duh!

Up grade Majura dammit. Who the hell needs to drive behind those suburbs anyway?

I firmly believe that you should be able to drive down the federal highway, turn down Majura Rd, then past the airport/Fyshwick, then all the way to Cooma, without a single traffic light, and get rid of those stupid round-a-bouts near “brand depot”. I think what holds up most of canberras traffic is choke points (people who can’t merge) rather then road capacity.

Just think of it as the Canberra Bypass

I think you’ll find that’s exactly what’s planned as phase 2 of the airport road upgrades – subject to some Federal funding.

Mono rai… Duh!

Up grade Majura dammit. Who the hell needs to drive behind those suburbs anyway?

I firmly believe that you should be able to drive down the federal highway, turn down Majura Rd, then past the airport/Fyshwick, then all the way to Cooma, without a single traffic light, and get rid of those stupid round-a-bouts near “brand depot”. I think what holds up most of canberras traffic is choke points (people who can’t merge) rather then road capacity.

Just think of it as the Canberra Bypass

Maybe they can now use the easement left aside for low cost housing…. you know it makes sense

Does Shane Rattenbury live on Duffy St?

Luddites.

I thought Canberra was all about a limited number of arterials. Memories of the Christmas Eve fires that closed the Lady Denman/Parkway(Coppins?)AND Adelaide Avenue.

In my experience traffic systems work better with lots of routes rather than relying on a limited number of arterials.

I always thought it was a strength of the Canberra road system to date.

Upgrade the existing roads like Majura first and then when that is done see if there is still a problem. Make sure the current roads are upgraded properly ie traffic is free flowing with multi lanes and no traffic lights, underpasses/overpasses at intersections, not a half-arsed job like GDE is. Very last resort build Monash Drive.

Hey, he has straight up said what he thinks. No double speak or pollywaffle. He will get a lot of votes if he keeps talking like this. And I doubt he lives in public housing.