"The increasing share of development being privately initiated increases the uncertainty about when and where development will occur," writes planning columnist MIKE QUIRK.
"The national capital and territory planning 'authorities', as minor units of government bureaucracies, will roll over and accept whatever the ACT insists on," says letter writer RICHARD JOHNSON, of Kingston.
A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a tram at the intersection of Northbourne Avenue and Barton Highway in Downer at around 7.15 on Saturday night.
Subject to NCA approval, site establishment and early work on the construction of a new Civic theatre will start in October, with main construction underway early next year.