Local government in Wellington- what's been achieved by the progressives
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- What have our progressive councillors achieved over the last couple of years? What were the blocks and failures? What's with the targeting of the city council by the Post and by central government? Why does the regional council appear to work successfully under the media radar? And just what should local government be doing anyway?
Thomas Nash is chair of the Transport Committee for the Greater Wellington Regional Council - and a member of the Greens.
Fleur Fizsimons (Labour) is a former city councillor and currently assistant secretary of the Public Service Association
Joel MacManus is the Wellington editor for Spinoff and writer of such pieces as The Mystery of the Killer Bike Lane, and Can We Finally Just Get on With the Golden Mile.
Chair Ollie Neas is a barrister and a freelance journalist who wrote a series for Spinoff about the council vote for selling the airport shares.
The whole section of SH3 between Bell Block and Waitara was reduced to 80kph in 2020 after 101 crashes, seven fatalities and 14 serious injuries were reported from 2009 to 2018.
The Labour government committed $82 million to safety improvements along the highway between Bell Block and Waitara, including a number of roundabouts.
Since the speed limit reduction, a Fire and Emergency New Zealand report showed there had been a 56% decrease in serious crashes, while minor crahses were down 44% and non-injury crashes were down 40%.
There was no change to fatality rates, with two deaths reported after the reduction.
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@shanebold7851 Right on.
On RNZ they reported that 100,000 homes were built in 1960 in NZ.
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A bit of bureaucracy, a bit of crumbling infrastructure.
Anything you want with it, anything you like. If you don't tell me soon I'll be off on my bike!
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