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“The wind is coming from the north, and you want to stop [it] from taking the moisture out of our soil.”
The funding follows earlier pedestrian crossing upgrades and will target roads identified as safety priorities in 2023.
“All my phone calls, he made me answer on speaker. He made me cut off my parents.”
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Historic lows in the national flock and renewed overseas demand are pushing wool prices to their strongest levels in years, offering producers a welcome boost.
One councillor has branded the adjustment “immoral” while another said she found no evidence ratepayers are owed a cent.
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A change to the timing of the majority of a $9.8 million funding allocation has reshaped the budget's bottom line on paper from an original forecasted surplus of over $700,000.
"It could be someone’s first date, it could be a marriage proposal, who knows what goes on in those booths.”
The change comes after an 18-month trial that showed reduced wait times, but one councillor expressed concern about an erosion of “democratic oversight”.
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