Dallas Clifford's eyes fill with tears when he speaks about the "fantastic" community at his apartment block in Canberra's Inner South.
But he said he is one of many residents whose lives have been upset by the National Capital Authority's (NCA) draft plans for a Hume Circle Precinct, which the authority wants to define as the area encompassing the Hume Place roundabout on Canberra Avenue in Griffith.
The consultation period has so far seen almost 100 submissions, while a petition to the ACT Legislative Assembly, sponsored by Independent MLA Thomas Emerson, has attracted more than 600 signatures.
"We're talking about making the most densely populated area of the ACT centred on the third most dangerous intersection in Canberra," Mr Emerson said.
"Where's the plan to make that work?
"It's not fair to expect residents to have to do all of this work to come to the table and say, 'Hey, NCA, can you actually do your job and plan what you're supposed to be planning with this draft amendment?'"
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