AN expression of interest process for up to 50-megawatt (MW) capacity of next generation solar infrastructure was launched last week by Minister for the Environment Simon Corbell.
ACT Territory and Municipal Services Minister Shane Rattenbury last week announced that ACTION's Route 202 that runs express from the Gungahlin town centre to the City will be going cashless from May 18 as part of an effort to prevent delays.
THE ACT Government has gone out with a new public tender for construction works on the new Erindale Bus Station, Minister for Roads and Parking, Mick Gentleman, announced last week.
A NEW real-time parking system that aims to reduce congestion and help drivers find parking spots is a step closer in Canberra, after the ACT Government last week commenced industry consultation for its Smart Parking trial.
THE Australian Government last week announced plans to streamline planning and cut red tape across the ACT through review of the National Capital Plan.
A NEW discussion paper, Transforming Canberra's City Centre, was last week launched by the Property Council of Australia and Canberra CBD Limited to 'rev up' Canberra's engine room and accelerate progress in revitalising Canberra's CBD.
TWO consortia have been shortlisted to deliver the first-stage of Canberra's light rail network, which will support more than 3,500 jobs during construction and deliver more than $1 billion in benefits to the ACT economy, Minister for Capital Metro Simon Corbell announced last week.
THE Australasian Railway Association (ARA) last week launched a paper on Canberra's Capital Metro light rail project, drawing on overseas experiences from cities of similar a size that highlight the proven benefits of light rail.
ACT Planning Minister Mick Gentleman last week called for community feedback on the big planning issues facing Canberra through his Ministerial Statement of Planning Intent, as Canberra transitions into a significant major city.
THE historic Canberra Brickworks and its surrounds will be transformed into a showcase urban renewal project over the next decade, according to a revised strategy and master plan released last week by the ACT Government's Land Development Agency (LDA).
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr last week outlined the ACT Government's vision to deliver urban renewal in Canberra, with a major overhaul of public housing to form one of the key components of the government's urban renewal agenda.
LOCAL firm Guida Moseley Brown (GMB) and Rome-based architect Massimiliano Fuksas have been appointed to develop a reference design for the $500-700 million Canberra Convention Centre, after submitting an initial design that exhibited 'poetic and sculptural treatment of architectural form'.
ACT Deputy Chief Minister Simon Corbell has welcomed an independent report that supports the ACT Government's proposal to limit appeal rights on infrastructure and development projects of benefit to the ACT community.
