Snapshot of Bay of Plenty Regional Council plans available

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Rotorua office.

Information around infrastructure, environmental work, and water quality projects planned by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council is now available.

The document - a snapshot of the key things the council intends to deliver in 2017/18 - was approved at a council meeting late last week.

Forming part of the Annual Plan process, the document updates what was identified for year three in the Long Term Plan 2015-2025 and explains the differences. It also shows they were able to reduce the total real rates increase from the 8.5 per cent that was projected in the Long Term Plan to 6.6 per cent.

Regional council chairman Doug Leeder said the document outlined what they planned to deliver across the region for the coming financial year and how they planned to fund it.

"Along with our business as usual activities there are a number of exciting projects planned for 2017/18 that will improve regional infrastructure, core environmental work and water quality.

"The information document explains what these plans look like in an easy to follow booklet and we really encourage people to check it out," Mr Leeder said.

Because the council's plan for 2017/18 is very similar to what was set out in the LTP, they will not be running a full formal submissions and hearings process.

The document can be viewed online at www.boprc.govt.nz/annualplan and the community can provide feedback through the email link on this webpage.

For those that prefer a more detailed look at what the council has planned for year three of the Long Term Plan 2015 - 2025 please refer to the full document here.

The Annual Plan 2017/18 is due to be finalised in June 2017.