Bus Services
At present there is only one major Bus service that operates between Canberra City and Canberra Airport, known as "The Airliner Bus" (operated by Deanes Buslines). Apart from this ACT service, four other coach services operate from Canberra Airport to the New South Wales Snow Fields. These coach services are operated by: Grand Touring Coaches, Greyhound Australia and Transborder Alpine Express.
Road traffic and road traffic congestion
The road system around Canberra Airport and the road between Civic and Canberra Airport was being duplicated as at July 2008, partly funded by Canberra Airport and the ACT Government. Federal Labor has also committed to further road improvements in the area through the extension of the Monaro Highway.
The Chief Minister of the ACT Government, John Stanhope, initially blamed the Commonwealth for the increased traffic congestion around the airport, which he claims has occurred due to the construction of office buildings on airport land, however, Mr Stanhope later stated that while he accepted the development of the airport adds to the level of traffic on the roads, it is not the cause of the congestion during peak periods. The ACT Government established a roundtable working group to examine the roads around the Airport and identify solutions to the road congestion through the Majura Valley. The roundtable identified that the cause of the road traffic was increased traffic from Gungahlin, the expansion of the airport and Queanbeyan's growing population. The working group recommended a staged approach to solving the traffic congestion, with Stage 1 including the duplication of Pialligo Avenue, Morshead Drive and Fairbairn Avenue.
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