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Significant projects to improve the region’s resilience and respond to climate change are highlighted in the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s 2022/23 annual report.
To council chair Daran Ponter, the report reflects a year of growth, as the regional council balanced the challenges being felt across Aotearoa with progress on key projects to benefit the Wellington Region.
“The past year brought the council’s core functions into focus, as it continued to manage the impact of COVID-19 on the capital’s public transport system,” Cr Ponter says.
“With the government’s support, we lifted wages to attract more people into the driver’s seat of Wellington’s buses. We are now very close to a full complement of bus drivers, and as a result, have been able to reinstate previously suspended services.
“Our fleet of almost 100 electric buses is helping us further reduce our carbon footprint, and the wheels are firmly in motion to bring electric trains into the future network.”
Cr Ponter acknowledges that while the council did not meet some of the targets in the annual report, it is proud of its achievements.
“We progressed several significant…
