Construction ongoing in the Jamison Plaza carpark.
DESPITE Jamison Plaza permanently losing two car parks for a new tree-growing trial, the Belconnen Community Council (BCC) is welcoming the $1.159 million project, which they hope will give some “much-needed amenity” to the area.
Over the last two months about 120 car parks at the popular Macquarie shopping centre have been closed to the public in stages while the Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate has constructed the new trial tree pits that are expected to be completed by the end of July, weather permitting.
The ACT government hopes that the “water-sensitive” design works will grow trees that provide better shade after previous attempts have resulted in trees growing undersized and unhealthy.
ABOUT 120 parking spaces will be unavailable at Jamison Plaza at different stages over the next two months while the Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate constructs tree pits and plants more trees as part of an ACT government trial.
The popular Macquarie shopping centre will initially see, in its first stage, about 80 parking spaces closed from today (June 7) for about four weeks (weather permitting).
Once the 80 car parks are able to be used again, stage two of the trial will see about 40 parking spaces become unavailable until about mid-July, and then potentially about a dozen more will be unavailable until the end of July.