The following formal submission have been made public
Submitter: Wildlife Carers GroupRaising of London Circuit
After the Audit Report, We would like to ask why you haven’t stopped Lightrail Stage 2a, b and c from going ahead?
Cracks developed in light rail/trams. Light rail/trams/tram tracks are dangerous, unreliable, slower than the buses, will not prevent road traffic congestion, will increase road traffic congestion, collisions. When your tyres of your vehicles hit the tram tracks it will cause your car to fishtail out of control causing more collisions.
https://www.facebook.com/nora.preston.16/posts/10217233565225053/
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100598762
We strongly recommend that you immediately stop Lightrail from going ahead and reopen the carparks that are desperately needed for our vehicles to park in, that have been negligently closed for Lightrail.
‘… For the purpose of the economic appraisal, the Stage 2a Business Case identifies a present value figure of $23 million for accelerated development costs. No further information is provided in the Stage 2a Business Case in relation to the different components of the development costs and their timing. A nominal value of the development costs is not identified in the Stage 2a Business Case. No further information is provided in the draft Economic Appraisal Report in relation to the development costs, the methodology for quantification and the assumptions underpinning the calculation...’ 2.61
‘….A Cost Benefit Analysis methodology was used to undertake the economic appraisal of Light Rail Stage 2a. Cost Benefit Analysis is considered an appropriate technique
and is widely used for assessing the economic merits of new transport infrastructure.
In September 2019, as part of the Cost Benefit Analysis evaluation, EY provided an
Economic Appraisal Report for Light Rail Stage 2a. The purpose of the Economic Appraisal Report was to provide ‘a description of the economic appraisal methodology, parameters and results’ for Light Rail Stage 2 and Light Rail Stage 2a. However, Major Projects Canberra did not receive or request spreadsheets demonstrating the assumptions or calculations supporting the components of the Cost Benefit Analysis, or an economic model, similar to one that was produced for the purpose of Light Rail Stage 1. In relation to what processes Major Projects Canberra had in place to oversight and seek assurance as to the economic analysis that was conducted, Major Projects Canberra advised that it undertook quality assurance activities through its review of draft reports from EY (and the other specialist models and reports) but that its methodology and processes for quality assurance of the Cost Benefit Analysis were not documented. The lack of documented methodology and processes for quality assurance of the Cost Benefit Analysis, combined with the absence of spreadsheets demonstrating the calculations or an economic model, impairs Major Projects Canberra’s ability to demonstrate the accuracy and appropriateness of the economic appraisal of Light Rail Stage 2a….’ 3.56
‘….. The wider economic benefits for Light Rail Stage 2a are estimated at $48 million (2019, present value, discounted at 7 percent), which equates to 32 percent of the
total value of benefits. Neither the Stage 2a Business Case or Economic Appraisal
Report provides any narrative that describes, explains or supports the estimates of wider economic benefits. In relation to the use of wider economic benefits for Light Rail Stage 2a, Douglas Economics advised ‘despite two decades of [wider economic benefits] being part of the [cost‐benefit analysis] lexicon in the UK, NZ and Australia, debate continues over whether or not [wider economic benefits] have merit. For Australia, the estimation of meaningful agglomeration elasticities has proved elusive with no believable elasticities estimated for Canberra’. Elasticities are economic measures of how sensitive one economic factor is to another.…’ 3.103.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7444428/audit-report-casts-doubts-on-light-rail-stage-2a-business-case/
https://www.audit.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1859630/Report-No.8-of-2021-Canberra-Light-Rail-Stage-2A-Economic-Analysis.pdf
Lightrail is not environmentally friendly apart from the fact that Lightrail Stage 2a, b, c are in breach of the legislated environmental laws that the majority don’t want.
Please refer to all listings that we emailed to EPSDD on the Heritage and environmental lists for each 6 Districts.
Inner south District:
Cultural sites of significance:
Barton: Old Parliament House; Patent Offices (now the Sir Robert Garran Offices housing the Attorney-General's Department); Brassey House; Barton urban conservation area
Deakin: The Lodge
Kingston: Kingston shops (Eastlake Shopping Centre); Kingston Power House; Federal Capital Commissionhouses
Forrest: Forrest urban conservation area; Street sign; Forrest residences
Manuka: Housing group; St Christopher's school and convent; Manuka swimming pool; Manuka oval - curator's residence
Red Hill: House 67, Arthur Circle; Calthorpes' House
Yarralumla: Bus shelter: Schlich Street (destroyed by fire since identification); Surveyors hut; Albert Hall; Hotel Canberra; Australian Forestry School; Old Canberra Brickworks; Canberra Incinerator; Westbourne Woods; Government House
Natural sites of significance:
Deakin anticlines
Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides habitats
State Circle road cutting
Red Hill geological site
Narrabundah Tors
Hindmarsh Drive road cuttings
Woden District
R1 Canberra Nature Park
Various locations
Phillip
Status Place Location
3
Swinger Hill Cluster Housing
Swinger Hill Cluster Housing Conservation Guidelines
Section 62 Blocks 1-14
Section 63 Blocks 1-30
Section 122 Block 1 (part)
Section 124 Block 1
Section 125 Block 1
Section 128 Block 1
3 Callam Offices Section 80 Block 29
3 Woden Cemetery Section 109 Block 1
3 Woden Library and Phillip Health Centre
Background Information Section 8 Block 21 and 27
R1 Discovery House Section 4 Block 1
R3
Guardian House
(Woden Canteen/Food Services Building)
Section 8 Block 61
Tuggeranong District:
Chisholm
Status Place Location
3 Tuggeranong Schoolhouse Section 560 Block 41
Farrer
Status Place Location
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural Bushfire Containment Lines
Section 68 Block 1,
Athllon Drive road easement
Conder
Status Place Location
R1 Conder 4A Grassy Woodland
Section 136 Block 5
1 Aboriginal scarred tree
Section 117 Block 3
Kambah
Status Place Location
3
Small Purple Pea Habitat
(refer also Aranda, Belconnen and Tuggeranong)
(Swainsona recta)
Section 487 Blocks 13-15
1 Urambi Co-operative Housing, Kambah Block 1, Section 149
1 Aboriginal scarred tree Section 476 Block 15
Wanniassa
Status Place Location
1 Aboriginal scarred trees
Section 6 Block 244,
Section 132 Block 1,
Section 140 Block 1,
Section 160 Block 22,
Section 201 Block 7,
Section 216 Block 11,
Section 217 Block 23,
Section 253 Block 1,
Section 253 Block 2,
Section 287 Block 2,
Section 288 Block 1
1 ‘Brick Banks’ at the Erindale Skatepark Block 49, Section 132
1 Murrumbeeja Scarred Red Gums Section 450 Block 1 (part)
1 Mijuskovic House (61 Sullivan Crescent) Section 227, Block 10
Tuggeranong
Status Place Location
3
Royalla Woolshed
Background Information
Part Block 1512
3 Lanyon Blocks 128, 1244, 1245,1426, 1478, 1480,1481, 1537, 1494-1496
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural and Bushfire Containment Lines Block 116, 1172, 1188,1516,1607,1623, 1630,1632, 1633, 1635, 1636, 1642
3 Aboriginal Places in Canberra Nature Park Fire Trails Part Blocks 8, 22, 683, 1416, 1537, 1539, 1547, 1552,1603, 1634, 1635, 1651
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Paddys River and Tuggeranong Districts Near Pine Island, Section 46 Block 12
3
Small Purple Pea Habitat
(refer also Aranda, Belconnen and Kambah)
Swainsona recta Site (See also Kambah)
Part Block 1552
R1
South Lanyon Sawmill
Background information
Block 1188 (part)
R1 Austral Toadflax Site near Kambah Pool Park Blocks 39 an 1508
R1 Pale Pomaderris Habitats across the ACT Various locations
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
R1 Murrumbidgee River Corridor Various locations
1
Travelling Stock Route
(refer also Stromlo)
Block 130
1 Lanyon Canoe Tree Block 1244 (part)
Inner North District:
Dickson
Status Place Location
3 Dickson Library
Background Information Section 30 Block 13
3 Northbourne Housing Precinct Representative Sample (refer also Lyneham)
Background Information (part) Block 41 Section 6, (part) Block 1 Section 12,and (part) Block 4 Section 1, Dickson; (part) Block 8 Section 51, Lyneham
R2 Northbourne Avenue Designated Area
R1 Original Canberra Aerodrome
Background Information Section 72 (part) Blocks 25 & 26, Section 73 (part) Block 33, and Section 76 (part) Block 6
Downer
Status Place Location
3 Trees of the Former CS&IR Experiment Station
(Figure 1)
From the street kerb to the front property boundaries of:
Section 34 Blocks 18-20,
Section 36 Blocks 1-12,
Section 41 Blocks 1-15,
Section 42 Blocks 11-18,
Section 43 Blocks 18-33,
Section 44 Blocks 23-28,
(Downer Shopping Centre) Sections 61& 73
3 Buildings of the Former CS and IR Dickson Experiment Station, Downer Shops and Community Centre Section 61 Blocks 2, 5, 6 and 16
Ainslie
Status Place Location
3 Corroboree Park Housing Precinct (Ainslie Hall)
Section 2 Blocks 1-10,
Section 3 Blocks 1-8,
Section 4 Blocks 1-6,
Section 5 Blocks 1-7,
Section 6 Blocks 1-9, 19 & 25,
Section 7 Blocks 1-15,
Section 8 Blocks 1-13,
Section 9 Blocks 1-20,
Section 10 Blocks 1-20,
Section 11 Blocks 1-13,
Section 12 Blocks 1-15,
Section 13 Blocks 6-14,17 & 18,
Section 79 (all)
3 Historic Timber Bus Shelters of the ACT
(refer also: Deakin, Forrest, Griffith, Narrabundah, Reid)
Background Information
Class C: Cowper St after Cox St
Class C: Officer Cr after Hawdon St
Class D: Campbell St after Foveaux St
3 Wakefield Gardens Heritage Precinct (Wakefield Gardens Precinct)
Section 21 Blocks 1-47,
Section 22 Blocks 1-4 & 7-21,
Section 23 Blocks 1-2 & 5-16, 18-21 & 23-31,
Section 27 Blocks 1-13,
Section 28 Blocks 1-16,
Section 29 Blocks 1- 9, 12-21, 24, 27 & 30-41,
Section 30 Blocks 1-16, 19-24, 27-37,
Section 33 Blocks 1-45 & 48-52,
Section 34 Blocks 1-6, 9, 12-21 & 24-30,
Section 39 Block 1,
Section 44 Block 2,
Section 45 Block 1,
Section 46 Block 2,
Section 47 Block 1
3 All Saints Church Section 24 Block 15
3 Alt Crescent Housing Precinct Alt Crescent
R1 Fairbridge Crescent
Background Information
Section 74 Blocks 19-27,
Section 75 Blocks 17-23
R1 6 Paterson Street Ainslie Section 1 Block 5 (Decision 18/12/1996)
R1
27 Campbell Street Ainslie
Section 2, Block 11
R1 8 Paterson Street Ainslie Section 1 Block 4 (Decision 18/12/1996)
R1 2 Paterson Street Ainslie Section 1 Block 5 (Decision 18/12/1996)
R1 4 Paterson Street Ainslie Section 1 Block 5 (Decision 18/12/1996)
1 Ainslie Volcanics
Section 60, Blocks 3 & 2, Ainslie
Section 38, Blocks 4 & 5, Campbell
Section 63, Block 4, Campbell
Wolseley Rd Reserve
Map
Molonglo District:
Diverse
Denman Prospect
Status Place Location
3 Molonglo Valley Grinding Grooves
Background information (part) Block 3 Section 1
Molonglo Valley
Status Place Location
3 Glenloch Cork Oak Plantation Block 188
R1 Coppin Homestead Site
Background Information Block 3 Section 2
R1 Kallenia Woolshed
Background information Block 16
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
Cotter River
Status Place Location
3 Bendora Hut Block 18 (part)
3
Mt Franklin Chalet and Precinct
(Mount Franklin)
Blocks 2 & 4 (part)
3 Lees Creek Sawmill Ruin, Namadgi National Park Block 18 (part)
3
Brumby Yardsone
(refer also TENNENT)
part Block 6 (Site 3) and part Block 18 (site 4)
3 Pryor's Hut NNP Block 18 (part)
3
ACT-NSW Border Markers
(refer also RENDEZVOUS CREEK)
Blocks (part) 2,6,7,18
3 Bendora Arboretum Block 17 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Cotter River, Gungahlin, Paddy's River and Stromlo part Block 11
3 Aboriginal Places in the Districts of Coree and Cotter River Within the Brindabella Transmission Line Easement
3 Aboriginal Places in ACT Forests Block 12 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places on fire trails and in the Koala Enclosure at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Part Block 18
3 Aboriginal Places in southern and remote areas of Namadgi National Park Part Block 18
3 Aboriginal Places on fire trails and containment lines in Namadgi National Park Part Block 18
3 Aboriginal Places in Uriarra Forest Block 11 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places in Pierces Creek Forest Block 12 (part)
3 Aboriginal Site Complex 1
3 Cotter Hut Precinct Block 18 (part)
R1 Blue Range Arboreta No 8 and No 9 Block 11 (part)
R1 Blundells Arboretum Block 18 (part)
R1 Piccadilly Circus Arboretum Block 18 (part)
R1 Reid's Pinch Arboretum
1 Bogong Moth Rock Shelter Block 18
Weston District:
Protection of matters of NES in North Weston are: •White box, Yellow box, Blakely’s red gum grassy woodland and derived native grassland (Box‐Gum Woodland) ∙Natural temperate grassland of the southern tablelands of NSW and the ACT (Natural Temperate Grassland) •Aprasia parapulchella (Pink‐tailed worm lizard)
•Polytelis swainsonii (Superb Parrot)
•Lathamus discolour (Swift Parrot) •Merops ornatus (Rainbow Bee‐eater)
Duffy
Status Place Location
R1 Stromlo Forestry Settlement Section 55 Block 5 (part), Section 56 Blocks 10 and 11
Weston
Status Place Location
3 Tuggeranong Parkway Cutting (77kb)
(refer also Curtin, Lyons & Waramanga)
Section 81 Blocks 3, 5 and 7
3 Canberra's Main Outfall Sewer Section 83 Block 17
R1 Orana School Section 97 Block 1
Weston Creek
Status Place Location
3
Yarralumla Woolshed and Outbuildings
Background information
(refer also Yarralumla)
Yarralumla Woolshed Conservation Management Plan
Blocks 1201 and 1144
3 Former Sewage Attendant's Cottage Block 1168 and (part) Block 1196
3 Canberra's Main Outfall Sewer
(see also Yarralumla) Section 119 Block 2 (part), Yarralumla
Section 22 Block 4 (part), Yarralumla
Section 128 Block 2 (part), 3 (part) and 8(part), Yarralumla
Section 83 Block 17 (part), Weston Creek
Block 664 (part) Weston Creek
Block 1163 (part) Weston Creek
R1 Stromlo Forestry Settlement Blocks 10-11 Section 56
Block 5 (part) Section 55
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
Waramanga
Status Place Location
3
Tuggeranong Parkway Cutting (77kb)
(refer also Curtin, Lyons & Weston)
Belconnen District:
Belconnen
Status Place Location
3 John Knight Memorial Park
Background Information Section 65 Block 33
3 Small Purple Pea Habitat
(refer also Aranda, Kambah and
district of Tuggeranong) Section 1550 (part)
3 Belconnen Farm Block 1605 (part)
3 Palmerville
Giralang District Park Block 1555
3 Rosebud Apiary and Surrounds
Background Information Part Block 1491
3 Kama Woodland/Grassland Blocks 1419, 1020, 1386, 168, and parts of 482, 1372, 183, 1429, 1576, 1571, 1572, 181 and 1369 District of Belconnen
3 Weetangera Cemetery Block 1257
3 Ginninderra Police Station (Ginninderra Police Station and Grounds)
Block 1580 (previously block 28)
Section 34 Block 4 (part)
3 Aranda snow gums
(refer also Aranda) Block 1399 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural Bushfire Containment Lines Blocks 166, 1329, 1332, 1360, 1368, 1369,1382,1409,1419,1424, 1444, 1493, 1518, 1546, 1546, 1547, 1554, 1563, 1569, 1601 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Cotter River, Gungahlin, Paddy's River and Stromlo Blocks 1518 and 1553 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places along the Gungahlin Drive Extension and in Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Block 1403 (part), Glenloch Interchange
3 Aboriginal Places on Bruce and O'Connor Ridges Block 1550
3 Aboriginal Places in the District of Belconnen Blocks 50, 166, 173, 180, 183, 1020, 1355, 1360,1429, 1439, 1502, 1518, 1543, 1544, 1547, 1550, 1553, 1556, 1604, 1569, 1571, 1572, 1600, 1602,1601 and unnumbered blocks, Block 1473 (National Land)
3 Aboriginal Places in Canberra Nature Park Fire Trails Part Blocks 7, 19, 433, 1403, 1404, 1551, 1552 and 1598
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Paddy's River and Tuggeranong Districts Caswell Drive Road easement
3 Aboriginal Places in the Districts of Belconnen and Gungahlin Block 1358
3 Aboriginal Places in Dairy Station Creek Valley, Gungahlin Drive, Horse Park Drive and Symonston Road Easement Glenloch Interchange
3 Aboriginal Places on Block 86, Dunlop, District of Belconnen Block 86 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places in Stromlo and Kowen Forests Blocks 1355 and 1544 (part)
3 Ginninderra Creek Corroboree Ground Cultural Gathering Place
Background Information Rural Block 1621
R1 Pale Pomaderris Habitats across the ACT Various locations
R1
Old “Lands End”
Background Information
Block 1591 (part)
R1 Margaret Timpson Park
Background Information Section 54 Block 42
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
R1 Murrumbidgee River Corridor Various locations
R2 Cameron Offices
Commonwealth Heritage List Place ID number 105410
Section 49 Block 4
Section 44 Block 4
R4 Old Ginninderra Store
See Palmerville Block 1555
R8 Remnant Trees Section 2, Block 12
1
Aboriginal Sites of West Belconnen
Blocks 1332, 1605, 1607, 1613
1 Ashton Homestead Block 1438
1 Belconnen Library Section 54 Block 11
1 Traditional Nesting Sites for Peregrine Falcons Rural Block 183
1 Pine Ridge Block 173
Gungahlin District:
Gungahlin
Status Place Location
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural Bushfire Containment Lines Section 210 Block 6
3 Aboriginal Places in Gungaderra Creek Catchment Section 210 Block 6
3
Hall Village Heritage Precinct (1.4 MB)
(refer also HALL)
Blocks 382, 583, 584 (part), 586, 597, 598 and 630 (part)
3
Gungaderra Homestead (Red Hill Station)
(refer also HARRISON)
Blocks 10 & 12 Section 4, Block 12 Section 2
3 Elm Grove Homestead Precinct Block 625
3 Gubur Dhaura (Aboriginal Ochre Quarry and Historic Mining Area) Section 106 Block 1
3 Horse Park Homestead (including Aboriginal and natural site complex) Block 378, part Block 694
3 The Valley ruin (The Valley) Block 3 Section 20
3 Aboriginal Chert Quarries Block 518 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural Bushfire Containment Lines Blocks 584, 622, 630, 662, 668, 670, 719
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Cotter River, Gungahlin, Paddy's River and Stromlo part Blocks 362, 558, 621, 622, 662, 712 and Ngunnawal 2C
3 Aboriginal Places in Forde, Fyshwick and Hume part Blocks 707 - 710, 714, 715, 737
3 Aboriginal Places in Gungaderra Creek Catchment Block 682, 691,696,697, 719, Well Station Roadeasement, Horse Park Drive easement
3 Aboriginal Places in Canberra Nature Park Fire Trails part Block 737
3 Aboriginal Places in the Districts of Belconnen and Gungahlin Part Blocks 662, 675 and 691
3 Aboriginal Places in Amaroo, Gungahlin and Kaleen Horse Park drive road easement
3 Aboriginal Places in Dairy Station Creek Valley, Gungahlin Drive, Horse Park Drive and Symonston Horse Park Drive road easement Blocks 560 and 621
3 Old Coach Road (Bungendore to Ginninderra) Block 784 (part)
3 Mulligan's Flat Ploughland
Block 733 (part)
3 Mulligan's Flat Aboriginal Stone Quarry
Background Information Block 685
R1 Mulligan’s Flat Nature Reserve Block 305
R1 Molonglo River to Barton Highway Woodland Various
R1 Canberra Park Blocks ( part) 699, 459, 460, (part) 370, 66, and (part) 462
R1 Arnold Grove Block 800
R1 Well Station Ploughland Block 733 (part)
R1 Burton House Site
Background information Block 792
R1 Creek Landscape Section 23 Blocks 1-4, Gungahlin
Section 20 Blocks 2-3 and 13, Mitchell
Section 2 Blocks 4-5, Section 81 Block 1, Section 105 Block 1, Amaroo
Section 127 Block 1-2, Nicholls
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
R2 Gungahlin Homestead
Commonwealth Heritage List Place ID number 105434 Block 348
1 Aboriginal scarred trees (4) Blocks 582, 583 and 584
1 GNST1 Scarred Tree (part) Block 824
1 NSW/ACT Border Markers (various locations) Various
1 Aboriginal sites in Kinleyside
Lightrail emits dangerous Co2, carbon dioxide that the electric buses don’t.
Please find a screenshot attached of a motion that was moved and seconded requesting to replace Lightrail with electric buses that are Co2 free As an alternative to Lightrail.
Carbon dioxide emissions are the primary driver of global climate change. CO2and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions
Notes. Globally, the primary sources of greenhouse gas emissions are electricity and heat (31%), agriculture (11%), transportation (15%), forestry (6%) and manufacturing (12%). Energy production of all types accounts for 72 percent of all emissions.
https://www.c2es.org/content/international-emissions/
We would like to add further, to save costs of expensive charging stations, and the inconvenience of charging stations, to replace the electric buses with solar powered buses with a battery back up that are also more cost effective.
The majority don’t want Lightrail, they want the buses fixed instead. Chart from a survey attached.
Unfortunately you don’t allow attachments.
It would be more beneficial to allow submissions through your email address to allow attachments to be included.
Cracks developed in light rail/trams. Light rail/trams/tram tracks are dangerous, unreliable, slower than the buses, will not prevent road traffic congestion, will increase road traffic congestion, collisions. When your tyres of your vehicles hit the tram tracks it will cause your car to fishtail out of control causing more collisions.
https://www.facebook.com/nora.preston.16/posts/10217233565225053/
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100598762
We strongly recommend that you immediately stop Lightrail from going ahead and reopen the carparks that are desperately needed for our vehicles to park in, that have been negligently closed for Lightrail.
‘… For the purpose of the economic appraisal, the Stage 2a Business Case identifies a present value figure of $23 million for accelerated development costs. No further information is provided in the Stage 2a Business Case in relation to the different components of the development costs and their timing. A nominal value of the development costs is not identified in the Stage 2a Business Case. No further information is provided in the draft Economic Appraisal Report in relation to the development costs, the methodology for quantification and the assumptions underpinning the calculation...’ 2.61
‘….A Cost Benefit Analysis methodology was used to undertake the economic appraisal of Light Rail Stage 2a. Cost Benefit Analysis is considered an appropriate technique
and is widely used for assessing the economic merits of new transport infrastructure.
In September 2019, as part of the Cost Benefit Analysis evaluation, EY provided an
Economic Appraisal Report for Light Rail Stage 2a. The purpose of the Economic Appraisal Report was to provide ‘a description of the economic appraisal methodology, parameters and results’ for Light Rail Stage 2 and Light Rail Stage 2a. However, Major Projects Canberra did not receive or request spreadsheets demonstrating the assumptions or calculations supporting the components of the Cost Benefit Analysis, or an economic model, similar to one that was produced for the purpose of Light Rail Stage 1. In relation to what processes Major Projects Canberra had in place to oversight and seek assurance as to the economic analysis that was conducted, Major Projects Canberra advised that it undertook quality assurance activities through its review of draft reports from EY (and the other specialist models and reports) but that its methodology and processes for quality assurance of the Cost Benefit Analysis were not documented. The lack of documented methodology and processes for quality assurance of the Cost Benefit Analysis, combined with the absence of spreadsheets demonstrating the calculations or an economic model, impairs Major Projects Canberra’s ability to demonstrate the accuracy and appropriateness of the economic appraisal of Light Rail Stage 2a….’ 3.56
‘….. The wider economic benefits for Light Rail Stage 2a are estimated at $48 million (2019, present value, discounted at 7 percent), which equates to 32 percent of the
total value of benefits. Neither the Stage 2a Business Case or Economic Appraisal
Report provides any narrative that describes, explains or supports the estimates of wider economic benefits. In relation to the use of wider economic benefits for Light Rail Stage 2a, Douglas Economics advised ‘despite two decades of [wider economic benefits] being part of the [cost‐benefit analysis] lexicon in the UK, NZ and Australia, debate continues over whether or not [wider economic benefits] have merit. For Australia, the estimation of meaningful agglomeration elasticities has proved elusive with no believable elasticities estimated for Canberra’. Elasticities are economic measures of how sensitive one economic factor is to another.…’ 3.103.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7444428/audit-report-casts-doubts-on-light-rail-stage-2a-business-case/
https://www.audit.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1859630/Report-No.8-of-2021-Canberra-Light-Rail-Stage-2A-Economic-Analysis.pdf
Lightrail is not environmentally friendly apart from the fact that Lightrail Stage 2a, b, c are in breach of the legislated environmental laws that the majority don’t want.
Please refer to all listings that we emailed to EPSDD on the Heritage and environmental lists for each 6 Districts.
Inner south District:
Cultural sites of significance:
Barton: Old Parliament House; Patent Offices (now the Sir Robert Garran Offices housing the Attorney-General's Department); Brassey House; Barton urban conservation area
Deakin: The Lodge
Kingston: Kingston shops (Eastlake Shopping Centre); Kingston Power House; Federal Capital Commissionhouses
Forrest: Forrest urban conservation area; Street sign; Forrest residences
Manuka: Housing group; St Christopher's school and convent; Manuka swimming pool; Manuka oval - curator's residence
Red Hill: House 67, Arthur Circle; Calthorpes' House
Yarralumla: Bus shelter: Schlich Street (destroyed by fire since identification); Surveyors hut; Albert Hall; Hotel Canberra; Australian Forestry School; Old Canberra Brickworks; Canberra Incinerator; Westbourne Woods; Government House
Natural sites of significance:
Deakin anticlines
Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides habitats
State Circle road cutting
Red Hill geological site
Narrabundah Tors
Hindmarsh Drive road cuttings
Woden District
R1 Canberra Nature Park
Various locations
Phillip
Status Place Location
3
Swinger Hill Cluster Housing
Swinger Hill Cluster Housing Conservation Guidelines
Section 62 Blocks 1-14
Section 63 Blocks 1-30
Section 122 Block 1 (part)
Section 124 Block 1
Section 125 Block 1
Section 128 Block 1
3 Callam Offices Section 80 Block 29
3 Woden Cemetery Section 109 Block 1
3 Woden Library and Phillip Health Centre
Background Information Section 8 Block 21 and 27
R1 Discovery House Section 4 Block 1
R3
Guardian House
(Woden Canteen/Food Services Building)
Section 8 Block 61
Tuggeranong District:
Chisholm
Status Place Location
3 Tuggeranong Schoolhouse Section 560 Block 41
Farrer
Status Place Location
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural Bushfire Containment Lines
Section 68 Block 1,
Athllon Drive road easement
Conder
Status Place Location
R1 Conder 4A Grassy Woodland
Section 136 Block 5
1 Aboriginal scarred tree
Section 117 Block 3
Kambah
Status Place Location
3
Small Purple Pea Habitat
(refer also Aranda, Belconnen and Tuggeranong)
(Swainsona recta)
Section 487 Blocks 13-15
1 Urambi Co-operative Housing, Kambah Block 1, Section 149
1 Aboriginal scarred tree Section 476 Block 15
Wanniassa
Status Place Location
1 Aboriginal scarred trees
Section 6 Block 244,
Section 132 Block 1,
Section 140 Block 1,
Section 160 Block 22,
Section 201 Block 7,
Section 216 Block 11,
Section 217 Block 23,
Section 253 Block 1,
Section 253 Block 2,
Section 287 Block 2,
Section 288 Block 1
1 ‘Brick Banks’ at the Erindale Skatepark Block 49, Section 132
1 Murrumbeeja Scarred Red Gums Section 450 Block 1 (part)
1 Mijuskovic House (61 Sullivan Crescent) Section 227, Block 10
Tuggeranong
Status Place Location
3
Royalla Woolshed
Background Information
Part Block 1512
3 Lanyon Blocks 128, 1244, 1245,1426, 1478, 1480,1481, 1537, 1494-1496
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural and Bushfire Containment Lines Block 116, 1172, 1188,1516,1607,1623, 1630,1632, 1633, 1635, 1636, 1642
3 Aboriginal Places in Canberra Nature Park Fire Trails Part Blocks 8, 22, 683, 1416, 1537, 1539, 1547, 1552,1603, 1634, 1635, 1651
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Paddys River and Tuggeranong Districts Near Pine Island, Section 46 Block 12
3
Small Purple Pea Habitat
(refer also Aranda, Belconnen and Kambah)
Swainsona recta Site (See also Kambah)
Part Block 1552
R1
South Lanyon Sawmill
Background information
Block 1188 (part)
R1 Austral Toadflax Site near Kambah Pool Park Blocks 39 an 1508
R1 Pale Pomaderris Habitats across the ACT Various locations
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
R1 Murrumbidgee River Corridor Various locations
1
Travelling Stock Route
(refer also Stromlo)
Block 130
1 Lanyon Canoe Tree Block 1244 (part)
Inner North District:
Dickson
Status Place Location
3 Dickson Library
Background Information Section 30 Block 13
3 Northbourne Housing Precinct Representative Sample (refer also Lyneham)
Background Information (part) Block 41 Section 6, (part) Block 1 Section 12,and (part) Block 4 Section 1, Dickson; (part) Block 8 Section 51, Lyneham
R2 Northbourne Avenue Designated Area
R1 Original Canberra Aerodrome
Background Information Section 72 (part) Blocks 25 & 26, Section 73 (part) Block 33, and Section 76 (part) Block 6
Downer
Status Place Location
3 Trees of the Former CS&IR Experiment Station
(Figure 1)
From the street kerb to the front property boundaries of:
Section 34 Blocks 18-20,
Section 36 Blocks 1-12,
Section 41 Blocks 1-15,
Section 42 Blocks 11-18,
Section 43 Blocks 18-33,
Section 44 Blocks 23-28,
(Downer Shopping Centre) Sections 61& 73
3 Buildings of the Former CS and IR Dickson Experiment Station, Downer Shops and Community Centre Section 61 Blocks 2, 5, 6 and 16
Ainslie
Status Place Location
3 Corroboree Park Housing Precinct (Ainslie Hall)
Section 2 Blocks 1-10,
Section 3 Blocks 1-8,
Section 4 Blocks 1-6,
Section 5 Blocks 1-7,
Section 6 Blocks 1-9, 19 & 25,
Section 7 Blocks 1-15,
Section 8 Blocks 1-13,
Section 9 Blocks 1-20,
Section 10 Blocks 1-20,
Section 11 Blocks 1-13,
Section 12 Blocks 1-15,
Section 13 Blocks 6-14,17 & 18,
Section 79 (all)
3 Historic Timber Bus Shelters of the ACT
(refer also: Deakin, Forrest, Griffith, Narrabundah, Reid)
Background Information
Class C: Cowper St after Cox St
Class C: Officer Cr after Hawdon St
Class D: Campbell St after Foveaux St
3 Wakefield Gardens Heritage Precinct (Wakefield Gardens Precinct)
Section 21 Blocks 1-47,
Section 22 Blocks 1-4 & 7-21,
Section 23 Blocks 1-2 & 5-16, 18-21 & 23-31,
Section 27 Blocks 1-13,
Section 28 Blocks 1-16,
Section 29 Blocks 1- 9, 12-21, 24, 27 & 30-41,
Section 30 Blocks 1-16, 19-24, 27-37,
Section 33 Blocks 1-45 & 48-52,
Section 34 Blocks 1-6, 9, 12-21 & 24-30,
Section 39 Block 1,
Section 44 Block 2,
Section 45 Block 1,
Section 46 Block 2,
Section 47 Block 1
3 All Saints Church Section 24 Block 15
3 Alt Crescent Housing Precinct Alt Crescent
R1 Fairbridge Crescent
Background Information
Section 74 Blocks 19-27,
Section 75 Blocks 17-23
R1 6 Paterson Street Ainslie Section 1 Block 5 (Decision 18/12/1996)
R1
27 Campbell Street Ainslie
Section 2, Block 11
R1 8 Paterson Street Ainslie Section 1 Block 4 (Decision 18/12/1996)
R1 2 Paterson Street Ainslie Section 1 Block 5 (Decision 18/12/1996)
R1 4 Paterson Street Ainslie Section 1 Block 5 (Decision 18/12/1996)
1 Ainslie Volcanics
Section 60, Blocks 3 & 2, Ainslie
Section 38, Blocks 4 & 5, Campbell
Section 63, Block 4, Campbell
Wolseley Rd Reserve
Map
Molonglo District:
Diverse
Denman Prospect
Status Place Location
3 Molonglo Valley Grinding Grooves
Background information (part) Block 3 Section 1
Molonglo Valley
Status Place Location
3 Glenloch Cork Oak Plantation Block 188
R1 Coppin Homestead Site
Background Information Block 3 Section 2
R1 Kallenia Woolshed
Background information Block 16
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
Cotter River
Status Place Location
3 Bendora Hut Block 18 (part)
3
Mt Franklin Chalet and Precinct
(Mount Franklin)
Blocks 2 & 4 (part)
3 Lees Creek Sawmill Ruin, Namadgi National Park Block 18 (part)
3
Brumby Yardsone
(refer also TENNENT)
part Block 6 (Site 3) and part Block 18 (site 4)
3 Pryor's Hut NNP Block 18 (part)
3
ACT-NSW Border Markers
(refer also RENDEZVOUS CREEK)
Blocks (part) 2,6,7,18
3 Bendora Arboretum Block 17 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Cotter River, Gungahlin, Paddy's River and Stromlo part Block 11
3 Aboriginal Places in the Districts of Coree and Cotter River Within the Brindabella Transmission Line Easement
3 Aboriginal Places in ACT Forests Block 12 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places on fire trails and in the Koala Enclosure at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Part Block 18
3 Aboriginal Places in southern and remote areas of Namadgi National Park Part Block 18
3 Aboriginal Places on fire trails and containment lines in Namadgi National Park Part Block 18
3 Aboriginal Places in Uriarra Forest Block 11 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places in Pierces Creek Forest Block 12 (part)
3 Aboriginal Site Complex 1
3 Cotter Hut Precinct Block 18 (part)
R1 Blue Range Arboreta No 8 and No 9 Block 11 (part)
R1 Blundells Arboretum Block 18 (part)
R1 Piccadilly Circus Arboretum Block 18 (part)
R1 Reid's Pinch Arboretum
1 Bogong Moth Rock Shelter Block 18
Weston District:
Protection of matters of NES in North Weston are: •White box, Yellow box, Blakely’s red gum grassy woodland and derived native grassland (Box‐Gum Woodland) ∙Natural temperate grassland of the southern tablelands of NSW and the ACT (Natural Temperate Grassland) •Aprasia parapulchella (Pink‐tailed worm lizard)
•Polytelis swainsonii (Superb Parrot)
•Lathamus discolour (Swift Parrot) •Merops ornatus (Rainbow Bee‐eater)
Duffy
Status Place Location
R1 Stromlo Forestry Settlement Section 55 Block 5 (part), Section 56 Blocks 10 and 11
Weston
Status Place Location
3 Tuggeranong Parkway Cutting (77kb)
(refer also Curtin, Lyons & Waramanga)
Section 81 Blocks 3, 5 and 7
3 Canberra's Main Outfall Sewer Section 83 Block 17
R1 Orana School Section 97 Block 1
Weston Creek
Status Place Location
3
Yarralumla Woolshed and Outbuildings
Background information
(refer also Yarralumla)
Yarralumla Woolshed Conservation Management Plan
Blocks 1201 and 1144
3 Former Sewage Attendant's Cottage Block 1168 and (part) Block 1196
3 Canberra's Main Outfall Sewer
(see also Yarralumla) Section 119 Block 2 (part), Yarralumla
Section 22 Block 4 (part), Yarralumla
Section 128 Block 2 (part), 3 (part) and 8(part), Yarralumla
Section 83 Block 17 (part), Weston Creek
Block 664 (part) Weston Creek
Block 1163 (part) Weston Creek
R1 Stromlo Forestry Settlement Blocks 10-11 Section 56
Block 5 (part) Section 55
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
Waramanga
Status Place Location
3
Tuggeranong Parkway Cutting (77kb)
(refer also Curtin, Lyons & Weston)
Belconnen District:
Belconnen
Status Place Location
3 John Knight Memorial Park
Background Information Section 65 Block 33
3 Small Purple Pea Habitat
(refer also Aranda, Kambah and
district of Tuggeranong) Section 1550 (part)
3 Belconnen Farm Block 1605 (part)
3 Palmerville
Giralang District Park Block 1555
3 Rosebud Apiary and Surrounds
Background Information Part Block 1491
3 Kama Woodland/Grassland Blocks 1419, 1020, 1386, 168, and parts of 482, 1372, 183, 1429, 1576, 1571, 1572, 181 and 1369 District of Belconnen
3 Weetangera Cemetery Block 1257
3 Ginninderra Police Station (Ginninderra Police Station and Grounds)
Block 1580 (previously block 28)
Section 34 Block 4 (part)
3 Aranda snow gums
(refer also Aranda) Block 1399 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural Bushfire Containment Lines Blocks 166, 1329, 1332, 1360, 1368, 1369,1382,1409,1419,1424, 1444, 1493, 1518, 1546, 1546, 1547, 1554, 1563, 1569, 1601 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Cotter River, Gungahlin, Paddy's River and Stromlo Blocks 1518 and 1553 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places along the Gungahlin Drive Extension and in Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Block 1403 (part), Glenloch Interchange
3 Aboriginal Places on Bruce and O'Connor Ridges Block 1550
3 Aboriginal Places in the District of Belconnen Blocks 50, 166, 173, 180, 183, 1020, 1355, 1360,1429, 1439, 1502, 1518, 1543, 1544, 1547, 1550, 1553, 1556, 1604, 1569, 1571, 1572, 1600, 1602,1601 and unnumbered blocks, Block 1473 (National Land)
3 Aboriginal Places in Canberra Nature Park Fire Trails Part Blocks 7, 19, 433, 1403, 1404, 1551, 1552 and 1598
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Paddy's River and Tuggeranong Districts Caswell Drive Road easement
3 Aboriginal Places in the Districts of Belconnen and Gungahlin Block 1358
3 Aboriginal Places in Dairy Station Creek Valley, Gungahlin Drive, Horse Park Drive and Symonston Road Easement Glenloch Interchange
3 Aboriginal Places on Block 86, Dunlop, District of Belconnen Block 86 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places in Stromlo and Kowen Forests Blocks 1355 and 1544 (part)
3 Ginninderra Creek Corroboree Ground Cultural Gathering Place
Background Information Rural Block 1621
R1 Pale Pomaderris Habitats across the ACT Various locations
R1
Old “Lands End”
Background Information
Block 1591 (part)
R1 Margaret Timpson Park
Background Information Section 54 Block 42
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
R1 Murrumbidgee River Corridor Various locations
R2 Cameron Offices
Commonwealth Heritage List Place ID number 105410
Section 49 Block 4
Section 44 Block 4
R4 Old Ginninderra Store
See Palmerville Block 1555
R8 Remnant Trees Section 2, Block 12
1
Aboriginal Sites of West Belconnen
Blocks 1332, 1605, 1607, 1613
1 Ashton Homestead Block 1438
1 Belconnen Library Section 54 Block 11
1 Traditional Nesting Sites for Peregrine Falcons Rural Block 183
1 Pine Ridge Block 173
Gungahlin District:
Gungahlin
Status Place Location
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural Bushfire Containment Lines Section 210 Block 6
3 Aboriginal Places in Gungaderra Creek Catchment Section 210 Block 6
3
Hall Village Heritage Precinct (1.4 MB)
(refer also HALL)
Blocks 382, 583, 584 (part), 586, 597, 598 and 630 (part)
3
Gungaderra Homestead (Red Hill Station)
(refer also HARRISON)
Blocks 10 & 12 Section 4, Block 12 Section 2
3 Elm Grove Homestead Precinct Block 625
3 Gubur Dhaura (Aboriginal Ochre Quarry and Historic Mining Area) Section 106 Block 1
3 Horse Park Homestead (including Aboriginal and natural site complex) Block 378, part Block 694
3 The Valley ruin (The Valley) Block 3 Section 20
3 Aboriginal Chert Quarries Block 518 (part)
3 Aboriginal Places along Urban and Rural Bushfire Containment Lines Blocks 584, 622, 630, 662, 668, 670, 719
3 Aboriginal Places in Belconnen, Coree, Cotter River, Gungahlin, Paddy's River and Stromlo part Blocks 362, 558, 621, 622, 662, 712 and Ngunnawal 2C
3 Aboriginal Places in Forde, Fyshwick and Hume part Blocks 707 - 710, 714, 715, 737
3 Aboriginal Places in Gungaderra Creek Catchment Block 682, 691,696,697, 719, Well Station Roadeasement, Horse Park Drive easement
3 Aboriginal Places in Canberra Nature Park Fire Trails part Block 737
3 Aboriginal Places in the Districts of Belconnen and Gungahlin Part Blocks 662, 675 and 691
3 Aboriginal Places in Amaroo, Gungahlin and Kaleen Horse Park drive road easement
3 Aboriginal Places in Dairy Station Creek Valley, Gungahlin Drive, Horse Park Drive and Symonston Horse Park Drive road easement Blocks 560 and 621
3 Old Coach Road (Bungendore to Ginninderra) Block 784 (part)
3 Mulligan's Flat Ploughland
Block 733 (part)
3 Mulligan's Flat Aboriginal Stone Quarry
Background Information Block 685
R1 Mulligan’s Flat Nature Reserve Block 305
R1 Molonglo River to Barton Highway Woodland Various
R1 Canberra Park Blocks ( part) 699, 459, 460, (part) 370, 66, and (part) 462
R1 Arnold Grove Block 800
R1 Well Station Ploughland Block 733 (part)
R1 Burton House Site
Background information Block 792
R1 Creek Landscape Section 23 Blocks 1-4, Gungahlin
Section 20 Blocks 2-3 and 13, Mitchell
Section 2 Blocks 4-5, Section 81 Block 1, Section 105 Block 1, Amaroo
Section 127 Block 1-2, Nicholls
R1 Canberra Nature Park Various locations
R2 Gungahlin Homestead
Commonwealth Heritage List Place ID number 105434 Block 348
1 Aboriginal scarred trees (4) Blocks 582, 583 and 584
1 GNST1 Scarred Tree (part) Block 824
1 NSW/ACT Border Markers (various locations) Various
1 Aboriginal sites in Kinleyside
Lightrail emits dangerous Co2, carbon dioxide that the electric buses don’t.
Please find a screenshot attached of a motion that was moved and seconded requesting to replace Lightrail with electric buses that are Co2 free As an alternative to Lightrail.
Carbon dioxide emissions are the primary driver of global climate change. CO2and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions
Notes. Globally, the primary sources of greenhouse gas emissions are electricity and heat (31%), agriculture (11%), transportation (15%), forestry (6%) and manufacturing (12%). Energy production of all types accounts for 72 percent of all emissions.
https://www.c2es.org/content/international-emissions/
We would like to add further, to save costs of expensive charging stations, and the inconvenience of charging stations, to replace the electric buses with solar powered buses with a battery back up that are also more cost effective.
The majority don’t want Lightrail, they want the buses fixed instead. Chart from a survey attached.
Unfortunately you don’t allow attachments.
It would be more beneficial to allow submissions through your email address to allow attachments to be included.
Temporary works on Vernon Circle
Unnecessary disruption of traffic and daily lives
Signalisation of traffic at the intersection of Parkes Way and Coranderrk Street
Unnecessary, more obstructions to flow of traffic