BIG SPEND

Regarding our story ‘Boardwalk plan causes stir’: $100k for resource consent! That is over 18 per cent of the construction cost!

And that is when the council is both the client and the consent authority which you would think would result in some economies.

As for the safety barrier...if somebody’s nana nearly drove over the edge the correct solution is to ban her from driving, not to spend $150,000 on a safety rail.

Mike McGlynn says the Waitangi wetlands need to be protected.