ACT Light Rail - Election Event - 30 September 2008
Candidates in the 2008 ACT Election were invited to the ACT Light Rail election event.
Date: Tuesday 30th September 2008
Time: 19:30 - 22:00
Venue: Havelock House, 85 Northbourne Avenue, Turner ACT 2612
The purpose of the meeting was to hear what the candidates and/or political the party they were representing had to say in relation to Light Rail. The purpose was to uncover how the candidate / parties would work to make Light Rail a reality for the ACT & Capital Region if you they were elected to ACT Legislative Assembly.
Additionally, ACT Light Rail made the offer that if the candidate/party wished to provide a written statement of their position on the issue it would be published on the ACT Light Rail web site.
ACT Light Rail Aims & Principles
- We believe that Light Rail is the best form of mass transit public transport for the Capital Region.
- We believe that integration of Light Rail with the ACTION bus network and other bus systems is the most efficient, attractive and sustainable public transport system for Capital Region residents.
- We believe that the Capital Region already has the population to support a viable Light Rail network.
- We believe that the establishment of Light Rail is essentially a political challenge for Canberra and that detailed planning, technical, financial and operational issues can be dealt with once the political issues around Light Rail are resolved.
- We believe that we should work collaboratively with other public transport stakeholders and promote wide community and business involvement, contribution and debate in support of Light Rail.
- We believe that there should be a detailed, unbiased and realistic feasibility study into the establishment of Light Rail in the Capital Region.
- We believe that one or both of the ACT or Federal governments should fund a detailed feasibility study to establish viable routes for a Capital Region Light Rail network including proper triple bottom line assessment.
- We believe that a proof of concept Light Rail line should be built before construction of a wider network, which links employment areas and town centres.
- We believe that consideration should be given to leveraging existing infrastructure and development opportunities to assist in this process.
Event Running schedule (as originally published)
7:30pm
The meeting will commence with a welcome from the ACT Light Rail Convener. This welcome will include an explanation of the purpose of the forum and details about how the meeting will be conducted. (5 to 10 minutes)
7:40pm
Presentation by ACT Light Rail outlining:
- The vision for an ACT light rail network that provides a public transport backbone linking all town centres/ areas of significant employment and park-and-ride facilities.
- A summary of what the ACT Light Rail is asking ACT political parties to include in their party policies. (Total presentation time - 10 minutes)
7:50pm
10 minutes for each of the political parties (currently represented in the ACT Legislative Assembly) to speak on behalf of their party. These parties being – Labor; Liberal; Greens and The Canberra Party. Order of presentation will be determined by a random draw.
8:30pm
5 minutes for each additional political party currently running multiple candidates in the ACT election. Order of presentation will be determined by a random draw.
Approximately 8:50pm
An opportunity for independent candidates to address the topic of public transport in general; and light rail in particular. Each candidate must restrict their presentation to less than 4 minutes and the order of presentation will be decided by a random draw.
Approximately 9:00pm
Questions from the floor. People who want to ask a question will be given a number. The ACT Light Rail Convener will draw a number and the person who holds that number will be given no more than two minutes to ask their question. The person who is asked the question will be given 3 minutes to answer the question.
10:00pm
The meeting will be closed by the ACT Light Rail Convener at 10:00pm sharp.
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