you don't really have to sign the screenFor those who weren’t aware of it, the Coun­cil has a nice online ser­vice that allows peo­ple to “peti­tion the Welling­ton City Coun­cil, via the inter­net, on mat­ters rel­e­vant to the Coun­cil’s busi­ness”.

Any­one can cre­ate one, so, if there’s some­thing bug­ging you that you think the coun­cil should be look­ing into, just go right ahead. (Remem­ber though, if it’s some­thing that needs fix­ing as opposed to some more sub­stan­tial infra­struc­tur­al prob­lem, just use their Fix It ser­vice).

A major­i­ty of the cur­rent peti­tions cov­er one of Welling­ton­ista’s favourite top­ics, name­ly urban trans­port (they’re remov­ing cycle lanes!?), so, if you’d like to add your weight to those issues, or raise one of your own, rock on over and have your say.

(Note: this ser­vice is bought to you by the excel­lent­ly enti­tled ‘Demo­c­ra­t­ic Ser­vices’ coun­cil depart­ment).