Welcome to the Belconnen Community Council

Submitted by belcc on 9 June, 2005 - 11:28pm

Belconnen Community Council meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month, starting at 7.30pm. Meetings are public, and anyone who lives, works or studies in Belconnen is invited to participate. To see the details about the next monthly meeting, click community meetings. Select Read More to see further details - Meeting Location and the Schedule for 2011 - email, or phone 0433 176 662.

Ginninderra Falls Association

Submitted by Brian Rhynehart on 16 December, 2011 - 2:21pm

You are invited to presentations about the proposed Murrumbidgee - Ginninderra Gorges National Park. This will be followed by a formal meeting to incorporate a new association to promote the National Park. Please click here for meeting details or click here to see the Meeting Flyer [413KB].
 

Request for direct sale of a contiguous parcel of land

Submitted by belcc on 29 March, 2011 - 5:06pm

Calvary Health Care Pty Ltd (“Calvary”) made an application in July 2010 for a direct sale of a parcel of contiguous land along a northern edge of their current block, for use as a car park. The parcel has an area of approximately 4330m², and is part of Block 1 Section 110 Bruce. The land is currently being used as a temporary unlicensed car park.

Sale of the land will permit it to be integrated into the Hospital block, which will enable proper grading, storm water and lighting of the car park.

The sale will be at full market value.

The sale cannot occur until the parcel of land has been rezoned to Community Facility, as the proposed use of the parcel is not consistent with the current zone of the parcel.

Rezoning would require a Territory Plan Variation which would be notified to the ACT public under the usual process.

Mobility, Sustainability and Quality of Life

Submitted by Charles Thomas on 11 March, 2011 - 9:25am

An address by Enrique Penalosa
At the Canberra Business Centre 9 March 2011
Enrique Penalosa is a former mayor of Bogotá, Columbia, and while in office the rejected the advice of a Japanese firm to build very expensive highways and instead “invested in the poor” by providing schools, libraries, footpaths and parks. Thus instead of providing infrastructure for the relatively privileged which made the poor feel like second class citizens, infrastructure was provided for the majority of people.
He emphasized that a city is a means to a way of life and should be planned with that in mind. “A good city is where people want to be outside.” “Footpaths are the most important element of a democratic city’s infrastructure… and of its transport system as well.” He considered that public good should prevail over private interest. For example, all waterfronts should be open to the public — not privately owned and exclusive.

Traffic Calming

Submitted by Anonymous on 9 March, 2011 - 1:28pm

As I currently live in Belconnen, I am amazed at the lack of traffic calming infra-structure in what is already a well populated urban area. In my home city of Brisbane, there has in recent years been widespread installation of speed bumps, street scaping and other traffic calming measures to force traffic to slow on what would otherwise be quiet residential streets. There seems to be precious little of this implemented in Canberra. Therefore we have lunatic drivers constantly speeding along quiet residential streets like Hennessy Street in Belconnen. And the lack of pedestrian crossings and other infrastrucure on College Street is an absolute disgrace. I have frequently witnessed pedestrians virtually risking their lives to cross this road amid the speeding traffic. I do not believe that Canberra is a particularly pedestrian-friendly city and after nearly ten years in power I really cannot see what, if anything, the Stanhope(less) government has done to address this.

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