It’s A Season For Change
The new coalition Government has announced a flood of major changes that will impact local government. Waikato District Council is watching for opportunities as details emerge over the next few months.
Changes announced include:
· Establishing a National Infrastructure Agency to coordinate government funding, connect investors, and improve funding, procurement, and delivery.
· Developing long-term city and regional deals for infrastructure. These are partnership arrangements between central and local government focussed on creating economic growth by giving local government the resources to deliver on priority projects.
· Repealing the Natural and Built Environments Act 2023 and the Spatial Planning Act 2023, and introducing a new legislative programme to reform the Resource Management Act.
· Issuing stop-work notices on Three Waters, with assets returned to council ownership.
· Introducing a $1.2 billion Regional Infrastructure Fund
Pic above Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors Mike Kerr and Crystal Beavis inspecting the new Village public toilets due to be opened at 10am December 21st.
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