Ruined by tram costs, Barr must fall on his sword
The time has come for Chief Minister Andrew Barr to do the decent thing and fall on his political sword, says The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
The time has come for Chief Minister Andrew Barr to do the decent thing and fall on his political sword, says The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
The ACT government is seeking federal approval to examine alternative stops in the National Triangle and Barton in its quest to take light rail to Woden.
"The obsession with light rail has more than likely been at the expense of the education and health systems and the adequate provision of social housing," writes former planner MIKE QUIRK.
"Who, apart from fragile government egos, benefits from continuing to pour our rates into the bottomless tram pit? Of course, the answer is the developers," says letter writer IAN PEARSON, of Barton.