Want to build high-rise homes for 74,000 more people in Wellington? Build consensus first | Max Rashbrooke
by Max Rashbrooke from on (#57T2H)
Wellington's plan to boost urban density has set off a predictable cycle of conflict and outrage - but there is a way out
It's like a slow-moving nightmare, in which the same battle is fought over and over again, without resolution.
The city council in Wellington, New Zealand's capital, has announced plans to house an extra 74,000 people - plans that would require some low-rise inner-city villas to be replaced by dense modern apartments.
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