Phillip traders push for pool on their turf

Mr Adam said there was too much focus on development north of Hindmarsh Drive, near Westfield Woden and the surrounding government buildings. But he said anything south of Hindmarsh Drive, including the business area of Phillip, struggled to get a footpath fixed.

He said as far back as 2018, the Phillip Business Community had put forward a budget submission seeking a sporting facility on the eastern side of Athllon Drive, near the intersection with Shea Street.

"There is no sporting facility in Phillip, there is none in Woden," he said.

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Mr Adam said he had no faith developer Geocon would keep the Phillip Swimming and Ice Skating Centre running, especially once a government-backed ice rink in Tuggeranong opened.

"There's no way Geocon is going to keep that, let's not be ridiculous," he said.

"There's an opportunity, a whole lot of land here running along Athllon Drive where we could put in a sports precinct. There's 35,000 people who live within the region around here.

"You could have a basketball stadium or a multi-purpose centre, you could put in a pool. Why is that all the others are all government and run by private institutions but there's nothing here in Woden. It doesn't make any sense."

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