A quick update from the Belconnen Community Council on what has been happening in the Belconnen District this month:

  • Developing the next ACT Climate Change Strategy.

    • Presentation and opportunity to ask questions.

  • Fraser Oval Refresh Project

    • Community invited to provide feedback on the concept design.

  • REMINDER: West Belconnen Urban Support Precinct.

    • Have your say on future non-residential infrastructure.

  • Motion passes assembly on rapid bus restoration.

    • At least one rapid bus service will be restored to West Belconnen by Term 3 this year.

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Developing the next ACT Climate Change Strategy.

Presentation and opportunity to ask questions.

  • The ACT Government is inviting the community to help shape the next ACT Climate Change Strategy.
  • As part of the consultation process, an online information session was held to explain the strategy, outline the priorities being considered, and give people the opportunity to learn more about how they can contribute to the discussion.
  • Watch the presentation, ask questions, and provide feedback here.

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Fraser Oval Refresh Project

Community invited to provide feedback on the concept design.

  • Fraser Oval is set for a refresh to create a safer and more accessible outdoor space for Fraser Primary School students and the wider Belconnen community.
  • The Education Directorate has released the concept design and is now inviting community feedback between 26 February and 23 April 2026.
  • View the concept design on the YourSay Conversations page.

This is a map of the Fraser Oval concept plan with Tiliyard Drive along the left side. In the bottom left, an outdoor stage is proposed. Irrigated playing fields in the centre. Yarning circle at the top and cultural planting to its right. On the right side below the cultural planting is a pump track with a nature play area below that.

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REMINDER: West Belconnen Urban Support Precinct

Have your say on future non-residential infrastructure.

  • The ACT Government is drafting a master plan for an urban support precinct in West Belconnen.
    • An Urban Support Precinct accommodates essential infrastructure, services, and facilities that support the functioning of the surrounding residential community.
  • Rather than waiting for formal consultation, the BCC has launched an early survey asking a simple question:
  • What non-residential infrastructure and amentity does West Belconnen need?
  • More information and the survey can be found here.

This is a map showing where the proposed West Belconnen Urban Support Precinct will be located, in West Belconnen near the Ginninderry Development

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Motion passes assembly on rapid bus restoration.

At least one rapid bus service will be restored to West Belconnen by Term 3 this year.

  • The BCC welcomes the motion that passed the Legislative Assembly on 25 Feb that will see at least one rapid bus service restored to West Belconnen by Term 3 this year.
  • Belconnen residents disproportionately wore the brunt of the latest timetable, and it wasn’t designed to deliver a good outcome. This is why Transport Canberra needed to add new services in West Belconnen within days of the latest timetable’s launch.
  • Stripping the frequency of bus services out of the outer suburbs was clearly the wrong call.
  • The BCC will continue to advocate for the reinstatement of both rapid services in Belconnen, and for the delivery of the new rapid service and Belconnen Transitway as promised.
  • Belconnen residents deserve a public transport system that connects them to opportunity, not one that leaves them behind.

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