Auckland Council’s 10-year Budget 2021-2031 – Sports and Recreation

Due Date: 
Monday, 22 March 2021
Submitting to: 
Auckland Council
Issue Area: 
Nutrition and Physical Activity

Have Your Say: Do you know what Auckland Council is planning for sport and recreation in your community?

For the 10-year period 2021-2031 the Council is proposing a capital investment programme of around $31 billion. The Council advises that this compares to around $26 billion included in the previous 10-year budget. 

This proposal will require higher rates and debt to enable service levels to be improved over time. The Council refers to the budget as a “recovery budget” in response to COVID-19 and is proposing a package of financial responses that will enable capital investment averaging $2.9 billion for the next three years. The proposed budget will see the Council deliver up to $900 million more investment in the next three years enabled by higher rates and debt as well as savings and asset disposal.
 
Without higher rates and debt, the Council advises that the capital programme would need to be reduced to a highly constrained level averaging $2.6 billion over the next three years.
 
In the Parks and Community space $739 million capex is proposed over three years, with an additional $65 million of additional funding proposed with the higher rates and borrowing.
 
The primary focus of the LTP and LTP consultation is on matters which do not directly relate to the sports and recreation sector – however, the LTP is an opportunity for all groups to make submissions outside of the primary questions being asked by the Council.

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