The GNCA’s petition, with 1,833 petitioners, was sponsored by long-serving Kurrajong MLA, Elizabeth Lee and was tabled in the ACT Assembly on Wednesday 27 May.
In his press release, the GNCA President said “We believe that the services to be offered by, and location, of the proposed inner south health facility are inappropriate, and we deplore the rezoning of parkland for the site and the application of Territory Priority Project status to the proposal.”
“The Griffith shops are well patronised and are not in need of any ‘revitalisation’ by the Government” said GNCA President Mr Edquist. “All things considered the GNCA believes that any health facility intended to service the whole inner south would be better located at one of the existing Group Centres at Manuka and Kingston, or possibly in the as yet undeveloped area of Eastlake.”
For a full copy of the Press Release please click here.
The petition called on the ACT Government to:
- Reconsider the location of the proposed inner south health centre in order to protect the character, established trees and amenity of the open space and recreational parkland behind the Griffith shops;
- Instead utilise currently zoned community facility land in either Manuka or Kingston Group Centres, or in Eastlake or its vicinity;
- Provide a full range of Walk-In services;
- Consider inner south residents’ future needs;
- Undertake genuine, open consultation with residents (including a town hall meeting); and
- Reverse the decision to declare the health centre a TPP.