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All three funders of the Queenstown - Cromwell bike trail have replied to our questions re funding of the project, after trail trust chair Aaron Halstead declared a "massive shortfall" many months ago - with no updates and a refusal for provide details to Crux.
We watched both the Queenstown Lakes District Council and Central Otago District Council debate the new regional plan. We analyse dramatic differences in style, tone and content between these two local councils and their elected members.
Our investigation continues into how a massive two kilometre wall around the failed Shotover wastewater plant disposal field was approved and funded. Plus where's the current study into potential next steps with the sewage crisis - global consultants GHD started strategic work in October 2024 but there's no sign of an outcome or visibility of the cost.
We were promised that the QLDC's delayed community trust survey would be announced in February. Time is running out and there's still no announcement.