March 8, 2016 2:00pm by David Farrar

WCC wants us to have fewer cars

Wellington’s rates are set to jump by 3.6 per cent while the city’s debt will increase by almost $60 million, as the city council sets its sights on some major projects.

This year’s draft Annual Plan includes a new climate change strategy, with a focus on reducing car ownership, as well as plans for a new council-controlled organisation that can play the property market.

It’s not the Council’s job to try and force people not to own cars or to play the property market. They should focus on doing their core role well, not fiddle everywhere else.