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Greater Wellington’s Long Term Plan Committee will this Thursday vote on adopting the consultation material for its Long -Term Plan 2024-34 (LTP). The Plan, which proposes a 19.8% average regional rates rise for 2024/25, will then move to public ...

Tonkin & Taylor’s four short term options ranged from as little as $600,000 to an upper projected cost of $2.5 million. The scale of works ranged from resurfacing and safety improvements at the southern end of The Parade through to the same upgrades along the length of the road plus redevelopment of cycle infrastructure near the main shopping area. A shortlist of six long-term upgrades included solutions varying from an additional cost of nothing after carrying out a short-term option only to $16.9m for substantially improved safety features, realigned cycle lanes and upgrades to the sho...

Photo: 123rf The marathon meeting lasted nearly the entire day. The Long-Term Plan Committee meeting began with two hours of public submissions, followed by a number of amendments as councillors tried to force their own agendas through. What was agreed upon will now go to the community for consultation, before it is then re-considered and adopted by council before 30 June. Mayor Andy Foster has described the budget as the city's most ambitious as the council reckons with some of the most pressing issues its ever faced: historical under-investment in water infrastructure; a severe housing shor...

Wellington City Council proposes one-off rates increase of 13.5 per cent 4 Mar, 2021 07:32 AM 4 minutes to read Wellington City Council has finalised its budget for the next 10 years, proposing a rates increase next year of 13.53 per cent. Photo / Mark Mitchell RNZ By Harry Lock of RNZ Wellington City Council has finalised its budget for the next 10 years, proposing a rates increase next year of 13.53 per cent, and an average increase of 5.77 per cent over the next decade. The marathon meeting lasted nearly the entire day. The Long-Term Plan Committee meeting began with two hours of public su...