9 March 2023
Matthew Underwood
[FYI request #21823 email]
REF: OIA-12041
Dear Matthew
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 13 February 2023 to Wellington City Council requesting the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
…can you provide to me the cost to the Council (with and without GST if applicable) of the
Council participating in the organisation "Let's Get Wellington Moving" for each of the last three
years, as well as the forecast cost for the current year and the following three years.
On 15 February 2023, your request was transferred to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, as it
coordinates responses from Let’s Get Wel ington Moving (LGWM) on behalf of the funding partners
(Waka Kotahi, Wellington City Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council).
For clarity, LGWM is not an organisation. It is a joint initiative agreed between Waka Kotahi,
Wellington City Council (WCC) and Greater Wellington Regional Council, which operates within the
authority of its partner organisations. All costs associated with LGWM are managed via Waka Kotahi
and invoiced to its funding partners with GST applied.
The cost to WCC for the LGWM programme broken down by year and expenditure type has been
provided in the table appended to this letter. These costs are WCC’s share of the direct programme
costs. The figures do not include WCC staff time or any incidental costs as we do not hold records on
these.
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact Willy Trolove, Senior
Governance Advisor, by email to [email address].
Yours sincerely
Sarah Gardner
Programme Director
OIA-12041 Appendix
Operating costs1
Capital costs2
Total costs
Financial year
Actual
Forecast
Amount
Actual
Forecast
Amount
Actual
Forecast
Amount
(ending 30
($000)
($000)3
incl. GST
($000)
($000)3
incl. GST
($000)
($000)3
incl. GST
June)
($000)
($000)
($000)
2019/20
2,420
2,783
-
-
2,420
2,783
2020/21
5,122
5,890
-
-
5,122
5,890
2021/22
5,666
6,516
-
-
5,666
6,516
2022/23
13,000
14,950
22,000
25,300
35,000
40,250
2023/24
10,000
11,500
47,000
54,050
57,000
65,550
2024/25
9,000
10,350
74,000
85,100
83,000
95,450
2025/26
1,000
1,150
61,000
70,150
62,000
71,300
1 Relates to the investigation and business case phases of LGWM projects.
2 Capital costs relate to the detailed design, consenting and construction phases of LGWM projects.
3 Quarterly forecast as of December 2022, assuming funding partners approve funding requests as they come due.