Rating information
Expenditure
Greater Wellington is planning $27 million on capital expenditure, $222 million on transport improvements and $168 million on gross operating expenditure. This pie chart shows the total cost of delivering Greater Wellington’s services, broken down by our groups of activities. The most significant area of our expenditure is transport, accountable for 76% of the total work programme for 2010/11.
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Revenue
Greater Wellington’s work programmes will be funded by a mix of rates, levies, government subsidies and other revenue. Regional rates, comprising general rates and targeted rates, make up 22% of Greater Wellington’s total revenue for 2010/11. Government subsidies (primarily for funding public transport services and the extensive public transport rail network upgrade) make up a further 67% and the water supply levy (charged to the Wellington, Porirua, Hutt and Upper Hutt city councils) makes up 6%. The remaining 5% of revenue is from other external sources.
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