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).