High-voltage power lines to stay as Suburban Land Agency takes Lawson suburb development in house

Jasper Lindell
Updated January 24 2022 - 12:57pm, first published 5:30am
High-voltage power lines from a substation, pictured, at the Lawson stage 2 site will stay in revised plans for the infill suburb. Picture: ACT government
High-voltage power lines from a substation, pictured, at the Lawson stage 2 site will stay in revised plans for the infill suburb. Picture: ACT government

High-voltage power lines will be retained in the second stage of an urban infill suburb, with the ACT government stepping in to amend plans for the land and develop the blocks in-house after no private developer could be found.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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