Wellington City Council’s management of its falling streetlights was inadequate and ineffective, a new review has revealed.
In February of this year, the streetlights hit the headlines – and the pavements - as it was revealed fittings on about 1000 of the city’s 17,000 street lamps were faulty, and some were plummeting to the ground.
Although the streetlight team of WCC had been aware of the issue since 2020, senior executives only found out about the problem when it was reported in the media.
Now, a review into the effectiveness of the council’s risk and issues escalation process has revealed serious failures.
The review, requested by management, found the process used to identify, assess, monitor and escalate faults was “siloed and ineffective”.