2024–25 ACT Budget snapshot – Belconnen
- New health centre for West Belconnen
- FOGO pilot expanded
- More housing for Belconnen
- New and upgraded community facilities
- Belconnen Transitway feasibility study
With the ACT’s population set to reach 500,000 people by the end of 2027, the 2024–25 ACT Budget is funding the services and infrastructure this growing city needs.
Through this year’s Budget, the ACT Government is delivering more public health services, providing cost of living relief for those who need it most, and improving housing choice, access and affordability.
Some of the projects funded in Belconnen include:
A new health centre for West Belconnen
The 2024–25 ACT Budget is investing in health programs and infrastructure throughout the city.
This includes funding to design and plan a new health centre in West Belconnen. This will help provide the right services closer to where people live.
The Government is also investing in a new North Canberra Hospital, including upgrades to existing buildings to maintain services during construction and design work to relocate some existing services.
The ACT Government’s Indicative Land Release Program for 2024–25 to 2028–29 will help cater to the ACT’s growing population.
As part of the program, 2,012 new homes are planned for Belconnen.
Canberra’s Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) pilot program will be expanded.
This will generate useful information on how households in different types of multi-unit developments use the service.
The pilot currently services 5,300 households in Belconnen, Bruce, Cook and Macquarie.
An additional 1,150 units will be added, increasing the pilot by more than 20 per cent.
New and upgraded community facilities
The Budget will support new and upgraded community facilities and infrastructure across the region.
This includes:
- the expansion of the Belconnen Basketball Stadium
- the replacement of the existing pavilion at Jamison Oval
- upgrades to the Emu Bank foreshore
- improving local shops at Charnwood Group Centre, Evatt, Kippax Group Centre, and Macquarie
- delivering a new green waste processing facility and landscape depot in West Belconnen.
The Government will also respond to community feedback regarding resources at ACT libraries. There will be new portable phone chargers and more power boards and charging stations, in addition to improving building security.
More funding for mowing and horticulture
The combination of unpredictable weather and a growing city have increased demands on those taking care of Canberra’s grass, trees, weeds and gardens.
The Budget includes funding for 10 full-time positions and eight additional mowers to deliver an expanded baseline capacity in the ACT’s mowing teams.
In the low season, mowing crews will assist with horticultural work across the city, including weeding, road edging and maintenance.
Belconnen to City Transitway feasibility study
The Government will undertake a bus transitway feasibility study to investigate potential upgrades to the transport corridor between Belconnen and the City.
The study will focus on improving bus services to minimise congestion and delays between two of Canberra’s major population hubs.
This initiative will be partially funded through a matching contribution from the Commonwealth Government.
The Budget will also provide funding to finalise the duplication of William Hovell Drive and Gundaroo Drive between Ginninderra Drive and the Barton Highway.
The region will benefit from a new suite of system-wide literacy and numeracy initiatives, called Strong Foundations, being rolled out across ACT public schools. The program will ensure all students have access to consistent, high-quality literacy and numeracy education.
There will also be a range of school upgrades across Canberra as part of the ACT Government’s annual Asset Renewal Program.
This includes roof replacement work at Charnwood Dunlop Primary School and Melba Copland Secondary School.
The Budget also includes funding to deliver:
- Strathnairn Primary School in the Ginninderry area, which will cater for over 600 preschool to year 6 students
- a 130-place Early Childhood Education and Care service.
Find out what else has been funded as part of the 2024-25 ACT Budget by clicking here.
