PHOTO:MONIQUE FORD/STUFF Wellington City Council is expecting 80,000 new residents over the next 30 years.
City councillors are bracing themselves for a “nimby” backlash as a major plan to find space for 80,000 more Wellingtonians to live goes out for public consultation.
Councillors voted unanimously this week for their spatial plan to go out for feedback.
The plan involves a series of “tough” trade-offs that some councillors fear could spark a “not-in-my-backyard” backlash similar to previous debates around urban intensification.
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