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Upper Hutt barely increases water renewals investment, others quadruple budget
10 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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A sinkhole appeared on Jervois Quay in Wellington City earlier this month. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
Some councils in the Wellington region are quadrupling their spend on water infrastructure renewals, but Upper Hutt City Council is increasing its budget by just 15 per cent.
Fronting the water woes crisis with a significant uplift in spending is a priority for most draft Long Term Plans (LTP) in Wellington. These are councils 10-year budgets.
A 2021/31 Long Term Planning Update, presented in a recent Wellington Water Committee meeting, has revealed just how much more councils are proposing to spend on renewal investments.