Avoiding Let's Get Wellington Moving's city deal fate

Avoiding Let's Get Wellington Moving's city deal fate
Let's Get Wellington Moving might have looked like a city deal, but it wasn't. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
Look at the headlines around city deals, and you could be forgiven for thinking they are just about infrastructure. But proponents say they are about the economy much more than they are about just laying down asphalt. But while there might be confusion around what city deals are, there is not much disagreement about the one thing a city deal is not: Let’s Get Wellington Moving.  Kalimena Advisory's founding director, Linda Meade, a former programme integration manager at Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM), is one of th...

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