Friday, 9 July 2021, 11:33 am
Wellington City Council is reviewing the policies that
set the framework for managing trading and event activities
in public places – and is inviting the public to have
their say.
Currently there are two policies that
govern these activities and the Council is proposing to
integrate both into one Trading and Events in Public Places
Policy.
The new combined draft policy will be much
broader in scope and set out the rules and guidance on how
activities on all public spaces are managed.
Mayor
Andy Foster says: “Our public places are important – we
use them to live, work and play, and while we want them to
News from Wellington City Council
The Wellington City Council is reviewing the policies that set the framework for managing trading and event activities in public places – and is inviting the public to have their say.
Currently there are two policies that govern these activities and the Council is proposing to integrate both into one Trading and Events in Public Places Policy.
The new combined draft policy will be much broader in scope and set out the rules and guidance on how activities on all public spaces are managed.
Mayor Andy Foster says: “Our public places are important – we use them to live, work and play, and while we want them to be lively and vibrant, we want them to be safe for everyone too.
STUFF
A huge fountain erupted in Aro Valley sending torrents of water down Aro Street, as Wellington s pipe network s woes continue.
Wellington’s former mayors are calling the capital’s increasingly common sewage spills “embarrassing” and “a gross failure,” pointing to decades of under-investment in infrastructure and managerial incompetence. But they do not take any responsibility for that under-investment, and nor does current mayor Andy Foster, who has been on the council since 1992. Former mayors Justin Lester and Celia Wade-Brown, who led the city between 2010 and 2019, claimed councillors had been misled about the extent of the problems with the ageing pipe network.