South Canberra 'gets shafted' in bus route changes
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The government is proposing cutting bus routes 80 and 88 in the Narrabundah area in 2019, which would mean from 2019 buses would no longer service the Alexander Maconochie Centre, Geoscience Australia or other Symonston stops which take residents directly into Woden.
The government has already cut the route five bus from Narrabundah, which travelled directly to Woden. Residents in Red Hill or Narrabundah have to catch a route four bus to another stop to then swap on to a rapid route six bus into Woden.
“There are swathes through the Red Hill area that are being shafted. There’s Symonston. The socially disadvantaged in Narrabundah Lane are being shafted,” Mr Keeley said.
He said a lot of people in the area needed easy access to Woden so they could get to the hospital, undergo their rehabilitation programs, methadone programs, day surgery or other medical appointments.
“If they want to use a bus, and a lot of them are now choosing not to, they have to now hop on a bus, go about a kilometre, wait in the cold and get on a rapid,” Mr Keeley said.
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