Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I was very pleased last week to announce a $250,000 grant, under the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, to Jackson Court, a shopping centre in Doncaster East in my electorate. It is one of 32 projects nationally and seven in Victoria. This federal grant of a quarter of a million dollars will provide the technology to improve the traffic flow, the parking, and the efficiency and amenity of this vibrant shopping centre. I was pleased to be able to work with the minister, the Hon. Alan Tudge, to secure this grant for my electorate and I look forward to joining with the local traders and residents in seeing the scheme in operation.

The smart cities program is a great program which provides for facilities, such as those that will go into Jackson Court in east Doncaster, to ensure that our cities work in a more efficient and friendly way than they do at the present time. Solving traffic congestion problems, providing better parking options—these things add to the amenity of a shopping centre, and that is welcomed by the traders in Jackson Court in east Doncaster.