Wellington Scoop / June 2012
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Playing with words
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- The Regional Council doesn’t want us to focus on its steep increase in rates. Instead, it hopes to distract us with the fact that it has made a small reduction in the amount of the increase which it had been planning.
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Mad about traffic lights
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- The pedestrian crossings in Courtenay Place have always worked well without traffic lights, for cars as well as pedestrians. But not, according to bus drivers, for buses.
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Courtenay Place, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
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They’re talking about a new motorway: “exciting” … “wonderful” … “delighted”
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- There were many exclamations of delight to greet Friday’s announcement of approval to build a 27 km four-lane motorway through Transmission Gully. Fran Wilde said the decision was “great news.” Gerry Brownlee said it was “an exciting and important milestone.” Wellington employers said it was “wonderful.” CentrePort was “delighted.” The deputy mayor of Porirua was “absolutely delighted.” But her statement touched on one of the negatives of the $930m project:
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The rates increase goes up and up, then down, then up again
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- The Wellington City Council has announced four different rates increases in the last four months.
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The rates increase comes down, and Zealandia gets a reprieve
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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