Wondering what the council decided about a roading projects including a bus stop move and raised crossing?
Hamilton City Council has pulled the pin on a raft of roading projects after a “tsunami” of push-back from the public.
In a sometimes heated council chamber and a near-full gallery, the majority of councillors voted in favour of Councillor Ewan Wilson’s www.waikatotimes.co.nz.... |motion to revoke approval of the projects| at the Infrastructure and Transport Committee on Tuesday.
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Have you heard about this Hamilton petition?
A group of Hamilton business owners have started a petition to stop the council from hiking up rates and passing the cost of what they say are unpopular projects on to residents.
It frustrates longtime residents Tom Andrews, a former roading engineer who owns Classics Museum and has property interests and Jo Reeder, to see Hamiltonians facing large bills.
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