Wellington City Council respond to the shock evacuation of Reading Cinema's building due to earthquake risk. Wellington City Council (WCC) wants to chop years off earthquake strengthening times for about 200 buildings as officials get nervous about the sluggish pace of earthquake repairs. It comes on the heels of a new push by city officials to contact landlords moving slowly on earthquake strengthening requests. Earthquake strengthening timeframes would be shortened to seven-and-a-half years if a request from Wellington City Council officers was pushed through at central government level. KEVIN STENT/STUFF Wellington City Council chief executive Kevin Lavery, left, said building owners should be compelled to co-operate with council on earthquake strengthening.

Source: Stuff February 05, 2019 04:18 UTC