Canberra 2030 Planning Workshop

The ACT Government has scheduled a free two and a half hour "Time to Talk Workshop" for September 2010, about planning the future of the city of Canberra 2030. The topics for discussion are: Population; Environmental Sustainability; Water; Housing; Getting Around; Land Use and Planning; Liveability and Wellbeing; City Form; Living in the Nation’s Capital; and ‘Who Pays’?

1. Monday 20 September 2010 (5.30pm for 6.00pm start) in Central Canberra, RSVP by Wednesday 15 September 2010.
2. Wednesday 22 September 2010 (10.00am for 10.30am start), Woden, RSVP by Friday 17 September 2010.
3. Wednesday 22 September 2010 (5.30pm for 6.00pm start), Belconnen,
   
4. RSVP by Friday 17 September 2010.

Documents

Also provided are a set of documents on planing in Canberra:

1. Land Use & Planning, 6 September 2010
2. Who Pays, 6 September 2010
3. Getting Around Paper, 6 September 2010
4. Living in the Nations Capital, 6 September 2010
5. City Form Paper, 6 September 2010
6. Population Paper, 6 September 2010
7. Environmental Sustainability Paper, 6 September 2010
8. Housing Paper, 6 September 2010
9. Liveability and Wellbeing paper, 6 September 2010
10. Water Paper, 6 September 2010
11. Canberra in 1990, 25 August 2010

The ACT Government has conducted a Canberra 2020 Summit, on 5 April 2008, before the Australia 2020 Summit on 19 and 20 April 2008. I also took part in the previous ACT Government 2020 study in 1993. It is unfortunate that the ACT Government did not present findings of these previous efforts as part of the 2030 study.