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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: How to blow $33 million, council style
Description: I can’t believe the Christchurch City Council. Just weeks after causing a huge outcry with its announcement that it wants to spend $33 million upgrading the streets around the site of the new stadium, Te Kaha, it’s decided behind closed doors to press on. Let me remind you exactly how nuts this whole thing is. It wants to take away dozens of car parks. 49 car parks to be precise. There are currently 72, it wants to get rid of 49 and keep 23. But that’s not all. The council also wants to widen...