CANBERRA TIMES LETTER | Another great letter. Obviously an educated bunch in the capital... Is growth a good thing? I agree with much of [The Property Council CEO] Catherine Carters summary (Sunday Canberra Times, December 21, p25) of whats good about Canberra. But her final sentence Canberrans want a better city – and thats what the development industry is delivering, left me wondering if this was true. I would like to hear what Catherine has to say about putting a limit on growth because, at the end of the day, it is growth that causes so many of our problems, particularly population growth. It causes road congestion, pollution, puts pressure on the ACT Governments finances (and our rates) to build all the infrastructure needed to accommodate more people, infill projects that eat up our green space etc. It even convinces some developers and the government that we need high rise residential towers to accommodate the growing population. Are these really what Canberrans want, particularly when they can become ghettos of socially isolated people? Of course, they might make the developer a lot of money. What is Canberras ideal population size and what do you propose we do when it reaches this size? Growth cannot go on forever. Eric Traise, president, Tuggeranong Community Council
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:28:16 +0000
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