Some Wellington City councillors are mystified by a plan that doesn’t prioritise bus lanes to the eastern suburbs, with one saying it’s the reason she has lost confidence in the capital’s $7.4 billion transport project.
Their concerns have reached the ear of Mayor Tory Whanau who agrees something needs to be done sooner than originally planned.
Intense scrutiny has come back on Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) after a minority group of Wellington City councillors filed a notice of motion last week.
They want the council to declare no confidence in LGWM and withdraw the council’s funding agreement.
Seven councillors are in support, notably long-term Eastern Ward councillor Sarah Free who ran on the Green Party ticket up until last year’s local body elections when she changed to being an independent.
Free told the *Herald* she has lost confidence in LGWM because she felt the project has forgotten about the 40,000 residents who live in the eastern suburbs.
