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Imminent approval of Draft Variation 261 Watson

Draft Variation 261 to the Territory Plan was tabled in the Act Legislative Assembly on Tuesday March 24. If the matter is not disallowed within five sitting days, DV261 will be automatically approved. Approval of Variation No. 261 to the Territory Plan—Part Blocks 2 and 3 and Block 5 Section 75 Watson— Changes to Commercial CZ6 Leisure and Accommodation Zone (Australian Heritage Village Watson) For more background on DV261 refer to the following page on our site: DV261 Redevelopment of the Australian Heritage Village in Watson

Temporary closure of a section of Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve (Hackett Transfer Station)

Director of Parks, Conservation and Lands (PCL), Russell Watkinson today informed Canberrans that the old tip site area (Hackett Transfer Station) within the Mt Ainslie Nature Reserve will be closed temporarily from today, Tuesday 24 March 2009, due to remedial works. “PCL has been made aware of environmental contamination on the old tip site within the Mt Ainslie Nature reserve. The five hectare site is approximately 400 metres east of the Phillip Avenue and Kellaway Street intersection in Hackett.

Reduced water pressure due to essential maintenance until 25 March 2009

ActewAGL are advising the following: Until 25 March 2009, ActewAGL is carrying out essential maintenance to the water network that supplies parts of North Canberra. Customers in the suburbs of Hackett, O’Connor and Watson may have experienced a temporary reduction in water pressure over the past two days as a result of this work. The temporary reduction in water pressure will continue until the work is completed mid next week. If you are experiencing serious problems as a result of the reduced water pressure, please call ActewAGL’s faults and emergencies line on 13 11 93. When the maintenance work is …

ACT Seniors Week 2009 – 15 to 22 March

Seniors Week will offer literally hundreds of events for the participation of older Canberrans. Many centre on health and wellbeing, others on services to assist people with real-life issues, such as exploring accommodation options in retirement or understanding ones pension. For a program guide on what is planned for the week visit the Council On The Ageing (ACT) website, or download the Senior Week 2009 Program (3.5mb PDF File)

Signalisation Knox and Antill Street

The issue of signalization of the Knox Street and Antill Street intersection in Watson was flagged in a Draft Land Use Master Plan North Watson consultants report dated 28 March 2003. The Watson Community Association has produced a comparison of peak-hour morning and afternoon traffic numbers at this intersection on 20 November 2002 and a later survey conducted by Roads ACT in the week from September 22 – September 29 in 2008. The WCA study clearly demonstrates a dramatic increase in traffic volumes during this six year period. The impacts associated with increasing traffic clearly warrant discussion within the wider …

Clean up your local bush land on Clean Up Australia Day – (1 March 2009)

The Friends of Mount Majura has registered a Clean up Australia Day site located north of the old Ainslie tip site. On their walks to map rabbit warrens, they have found the area badly littered. They hope to attract the wider public to this first bush clean-up. When: Sunday, 1 March from 9.00am to 4.00pm Where: meet at car parking area Kellaway Street, Hackett; visit www.majura.org for a map of the clean-up site and meeting point. What to bring and wear: enclosed footwear, hat, sunglasses, long sleeves, gloves if you have them. Please bring family, friends and colleagues and spread the invitation …

Knox Street Traffic Issues

The Watson Community Association has a concern about the nature, volume and impact of traffic on Knox street. Some queries were sent to Roads ACT in regard to the outcomes of a traffic study conducted at the Knox Street and Antill Street intersections between Saturday September 20 2008 and Saturday 27 September 27 2008 – attached are documents relating to those queries and the study. WCA – Knox and Antill Study Questions WCA – Knox and Antill Study – ACT Roads Response