Business @ Breakfast with Bay of Plenty Regional Council

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Business @ Breakfast 

with Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Your Bay, Your Say! We need your input on our Long Term Plan 2024-2034

Have your say in shaping the future of our region. Our Long Term Plan sets our strategic direction for the next ten years, including the work we will deliver and how that work will be funded.

Your Councillors need your help to make some big decisions for our Long Term Plan (LTP) 2024 – 2034:

• How should we pay for buses - Should we spread a part of the cost of urban bus services across the region? Or should we continue to rate locally for public transport?
• A proposal to sell some Port of Tauranga shares - This means Quayside Holdings Limited, which manages the Regional Council’s shareholding in the Port of Tauranga, would over time be able to reduce its investment from the current 54.14%, to a minimum of 28%. Returns from these investments are currently used to reduce general rates. The proceeds of any sale would be invested to benefit current and future Bay of Plenty residents.  A portion of the proceeds may also be used to pay back $200 million that Regional Council has used to help pay for regional infrastructure.
• New regional parks – the Regional Council is investigating two potential locations for new Regional Parks, one in the western Bay of Plenty, and another near Rotorua. 

Your feedback is important - 

Join Bay of Plenty Regional Council for a light breakfast to hear about the key proposals in the Long Term Plan before sharing your feedback. Submissions on the Long-Term Plan open on Friday 8th March and close on Tuesday 9th April 2024.

Helpful links:  

https://www.participate.boprc.govt.nz/long-term-plan-2024-2034

ltp@boprc.govt.nz