PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERYDunedin city councillors have split with the mayor over the multimillion-dollar George St upgrade, and some are questioning the council's commitment to ‘‘participatory democracy’’. “I think this whole discussion speaks to the way things get done here,” Cr Jules Radich said at Monday’s council meeting. At a council meeting on May 25, when considering an update on the George St upgrade, councillors decided 10-4 to reconstitute a “Central City Advisory Group” to have input into the design work. The work to progress plans for George St would not stop while the group was formed, he said. “It’s not going to filibuster the George St work.”Mr Hawkins and Crs David Benson-Pope, Christine Garey, Marie Laufiso, and Steve Walker voted against the delay.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 09, 2020 16:34 UTC