Photo / Mark MitchellWellington City councillors are cooling off after a "shambles" of a budget meeting yesterday, but some of the biggest fallout is over why the Deputy Mayor voted against tripling the cycleway budget. She wanted to increase the existing proposed cycleway budget to up to $200 million. But in the end, it was narrowly voted down 8-7, with Green ticket Deputy Mayor, and cycling portfolio leader, Sarah Free tipping the scales. She told the Herald this afternoon she was very concerned adding such a large amount to the cycleway budget would create both financial and deliverability risks. But during a break before councillors voted, Foon changed her mind, realising the investment was everything she had stood for.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 19, 2021 01:13 UTC