Diane Calvert: Wellington City Councillor on the installation of a $550 thousand bike rack

Published: Sept. 5, 2024, 8:37 p.m.

There\u2019s outrage in parts of the capital over the price-tag of a new bike rack.\xa0

Ratepayers have forked out $550 thousand to install a two-tier bike rack in central Wellington.\xa0

Independent Wellington City Councillor Diane Calvert told Mike Hosking she's gobsmacked the project became so expensive.\xa0

Calvert says costs snowballed due to work on the footpath, installation of CCTV, and wiring electricity to the bike rack.\xa0

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