Councillor Column
Well, Covid-19 has certainly changed the way we all live work and play.
The last two months have been unprecedented in our lifetime and the after effects will continue for a long time to come.
The immediate recovery process will necessitate changes in priorities for some Council activity. Projects that require the input from local businesses and local labour will, where possible, take priority over others that may have been on the Annual and Long Term Plan.
Needless to say, some things which were planned will have to wait. What is important to remember is that the district’s population
does bring about increased expenditure in infrastructure.
People won’t come to live in a district where they can’t water their gardens at all. The water problems experienced this year in Dannevirke, Norsewood and Woodville particularly, bring into sharp focus one of the challenges we will have with an increased population. Hopefully Government, as part of its “recovery” process, will direct money to territorial infrastructural projects to
The Great Depression of the 1930s saw Governments around the world pour money into infrastructure projects to create work and put money into the system. Some of the biggest water, power and roading projects ever built were built in the 30s. The ideas and promises from political parties later this year will be interesting. I am hopeful the next three years will see more focus on regional New Zealand, the engine room of the economy, than ever before.
“Love local” is the theme. Money spent in Tararua, whether through shops or other businesses, has a direct,
immediate and
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