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  • 1/12/2024
Construction site for Stage 2A of light rail in Canberra.
Transcript
00:00 [sound of light rail]
00:11 So, Raising London Circuit's the first component of the light rail project.
00:15 And light rail is stage 2A, which brings the extension of the stage 1 system
00:20 all the way down to Commonwealth Park.
00:23 But then it moves into stage 2B and the wider light rail network which goes around Canberra.
00:29 It's important to keep in mind that what we're actually doing is building a 100 year asset here.
00:35 So what happens in Canberra today is not going to be what Canberra is like in 50 years time.
00:42 The latest projections out of Treasury are in around 2060.
00:46 We're going to have something like 750,000 people in Canberra.
00:50 We need to be able to move them and we can't build more roads.
00:54 The congestion is going to increase.
00:55 Something like public transport and light rail in particular, which doesn't sit on the roads,
01:01 is key to ensuring that we can continue to move around.
01:05 Canberra's a great place, it's easy to get around,
01:08 but as we get more and more population it's going to become harder and harder.
01:12 And that's what light rail is, as part of that solution.
01:14 Part of this project itself, which is the London Circuit component of it,
01:18 is prior to us starting construction it was very road heavy.
01:22 It was really around how do cars get around the centre of the city.
01:26 What we're doing here is actually activating the area for pedestrians and other active travel,
01:31 along with light rail and public transport.
01:33 And part of that overall city to the lake development that is occurring.
01:38 We've worked really closely with the NCA to ensure that the urban design outcomes
01:44 that we will get when we finish this project are world standard.
01:48 (whooshing)

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