CANBERRA returnee MICHAEL FINCK, of Chapman, is happy to be home after 35 years away, but he’s far from impressed with the roads…
I MOVED back to Canberra two years ago and am happy to be back after 35 years away. However, while the nation’s capital has moved ahead significantly, its roadways haven’t.
I travel on the Tuggeranong Parkway/Caswell Drive/Gungahlin Drive (that’s a mouthful in itself) daily. And what a disgrace â a major roadway with ridiculous speed limits and poor-quality roadway.Â
In my opinion, it should be modelled on Sydney’s newer freeways such as the M7 with electronic speed limits that can be adjusted for peak-hour traffic (say 90/100km/h) then change to 110km/h at other times.Â
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IAN MEIKLE.
IS Canberra the cocaine-snorting capital of Australia? According to the latest analysis of the city’s sewage we’re right up there.
Ian Meikle.
The drug-monitoring program results, published by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, says that Canberra is now one of Australia’s most lucrative cocaine markets with an estimated consumption exceeding 880 milligrams per 1000 people per day.
“The ACT, NSW and [parts of] Queensland had the highest capital city [cocaine] consumption figures in the nation,” the report says.
“With the easing of [COVID-19] restrictions in the ACT and Tasmania, it [cocaine use] has increased sharply.”
Doubtless, this comes as good news for illicit drug distributors waiting to capitalise on Labor MLA