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Hutt City facing same problems as Wellington in funding water infrastructure

Mike from Alicetown

Hutt City facing same problems as Wellington in funding water infrastructure.

wellington.scoop.co.nz...

Lower Hutt’s mayor says most metropolitan councils will soon face the same problem as Wellington on funding water infrastructure.

Local government Minister Simeon Brown has installed a Crown observer at Wellington City Council and has criticised the council for paying for water infrastructure through rates, rather than debt.

Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry said on Morning Report this morning that Wellington could not have paid for it through debt, and his council could not do that either. <more www.rnz.co.nz... >

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