The plan, costed

Every line, and what it costs.

Four pledges for four years. Every figure below is a line in the first budget, and every source of money is named. If a line cannot be paid for, it is not on this page.

Budget sheet, first term

The Harbour Ticket. Four pledges, four years, one total.

Pledge	Four years
The sea wall	$41.2m
The harbour loop	$27.2m
The fish sheds	$12.5m
Open contracts	$0.72m
Total, four years	$81.6m

new borrowing: $0
costed lines: 16

The bus loop and open contracts are yearly costs, shown here times four.

The sea wall

Fix the sea wall before the next storm season.

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Why

The Saltgate wall has moved 140 mm since the storm of 2017. Every winter the city patches it and hopes. A wall is either rebuilt on a plan or rebuilt after a flood, and the second costs four times as much.

What we will do

Survey the North Mole and the Saltgate frontage in the first ninety days, and publish the survey.
Rebuild the failed 640 m at Saltgate first, over two summer seasons.
Raise the coping along the Quayside walk and gate the four slipways.
Seed a maintenance fund so the next mayor is not starting again.

The costed lines

Line	When	Cost
Survey and repair design, North Mole and Saltgate	Year 1	$2.4m
Rebuild 640 m of failed wall, Saltgate	Years 1 to 2	$18.6m
Raise the coping 0.6 m along the Quayside walk	Years 2 to 3	$9.8m
Flood gates for the four slipways	Year 3	$6.1m
Twenty-year maintenance fund, seeded	Year 4	$4.3m
Total		$41.2m

Where the money comes from

Harbour bond refinanced $11.6m 28%
State coastal grant, matched $20.6m 50%
Cruise pier berth fees $9.0m 22%

What it will not doIt will not build a new marina. The wall comes first.

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Fix the wall before the water fixes it for us.

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The harbour loop

A bus every ten minutes on the harbour loop.

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Why

After six in the evening the loop runs every 35 minutes. The people who start or finish a shift at the docks after dark walk, or pay for a taxi they cannot afford.

What we will do

Lease eight more electric buses so the loop never waits for a spare.
Hire twenty-two drivers on the city scale, not agency rates.
Paint bus lanes on Ferry Road and Long Quay, where the loop loses nine minutes.
Put real-time signs at the thirty busiest stops.

The costed lines

Line	When	Cost
Eight more electric buses, leased	Each year	$2.9m
Twenty-two new drivers	Each year	$2.6m
Bus lanes on Ferry Road and Long Quay	Each year	$0.8m
Real-time signs at 30 stops	Each year	$0.5m
Total		$6.8m

Where the money comes from

$2 levy per cruise passenger $3.1m 46%
Parking income, moved $2.4m 35%
Fares $1.3m 19%

What it will not doIt will not raise the fare. It stays at $1.50.

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Ten minutes, all day, all the way round.

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The fish sheds

Turn the empty fish sheds into homes and workshops.

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Why

Seven sheds on the Ropewalk have stood empty since the fish market moved inland. They are the largest unused roof in the city, a ten-minute walk from every job on the harbour.

What we will do

Repair the structure of sheds 3 to 9; keep the roofs, the rails and the name.
Build 120 rented homes above them with a housing trust, rents held to a third of local pay.
Let the 38 ground-floor workshops at cost to people who make things.
Turn the Ropewalk yard into a public square that floods safely.

The costed lines

Line	When	Cost
Structural repair, sheds 3 to 9	Years 1 to 2	$5.2m
120 rented homes, the city share	Years 2 to 4	$4.6m
38 workshops at cost rent	Year 2	$1.9m
Ropewalk yard, a public square	Year 3	$0.8m
Total		$12.5m

Where the money comes from

City land, put in as equity $6.0m 48%
Housing trust partner $4.5m 36%
Workshop rents $2.0m 16%

What it will not doIt will not sell the sheds. The city keeps the land.

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The biggest empty roof in town becomes 120 homes.

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Open contracts

Publish every city contract within seven days.

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Why

Last year the city signed 412 contracts. A resident can read 31 of them. You cannot hold a harbour plan to account if you cannot read who was paid to build it.

What we will do

Publish every signed contract, with its price, within seven days of signature.
Make the register searchable by street, supplier and amount.
Have it audited once a year by someone the city does not employ.

The costed lines

Line	When	Cost
Contracts register and search	Each year	$95,000
One records officer	Each year	$62,000
Independent annual audit	Each year	$23,000
Total		$180,000

Where the money comes from

Two unused software licences, ended $180,000 100%

What it will not doIt will not publish anyone's home address or bank details.

Say it on a doorstep

If the city signs it, you can read it within a week.

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