Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Shane Rattenbury, has recently announced Cotter Road has reopened to traffic following the first stage of upgrades. Rattenbury explained that the ACT Government invested $7.15 million toward stage one of the upgrade to help cater for the increased population in new residential areas of the Molonglo Valley as well as existing residents of the inner south.
“Cotter Road is a major thoroughfare for people travelling from inner south suburbs such as Weston Creek and Curtin through to the city and its traffic volume is expected to grow as the population increases in new suburbs in the West, such as in the Molonglo Valley,” said Mr. Rattenbury.
“The upgraded road coincides with a proposal for the first ACTION bus route to service Molonglo suburbs ‘Network 14’, which is currently open for consultation, proposes a bus service to link Molonglo residents to Weston Creek, Woden, and the City.”

Mr. Rattenburry explained that the stage one Cotter Road upgrade work included:

• The duplication of the road between Dunrossil Drive and Lady Denman Drive.
• Bus priority lanes installed at the intersection of Cotter Road with McCulloch Street and with Lady Denman Drive and upgrade of the existing signalised intersection at McCulloch Street to include bus priority measures.
• On-road cycle lanes in both directions
• Replacement of the Lady Denman Drive/Cotter Road roundabout to a signalised T-intersection
• Traffic calming measures on McCulloch Street in Curtin include three raised pedestrian crossings.