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Taxpayers in Christchurch pay $ 1.24 million on a touchscreen wall in the city's new central library
Christchurch City Council
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The City Council facility, known as Tūranga, will include up to 100 computers, 3D printers and laser, music studios, video editing rooms and a 200-seat theater.
But the council was criticized by the Taxpayers Union for refusing to release the cost of one of the biggest pieces of technology – a 7m touch screen wall.
Today, the council said that the wall cost 1,24m.
"It was still the intention of the board to publish the figure Carolyn Robertson, Director of Libraries Council, said:
The Taxpayers Union said that he was about to table a lawsuit, and that the reimbursement of expenses by the council constituted a major victory for government transparency
. "It was an eleventh hour baccalaureate The executive director of the Taxpayers Union, Jordan Williams, said: "We literally had the affidavit signed, we prepared documents and we were ten minutes from filing in the High Court." the board's priorities that they would spend more than a million dollars on a touch screen while the basic infrastructure is in bad shape and rates are skyrocketing.
Council recently adopted a long-term plan
But Robertson said the touch-screen wall was worth it.
"This is a considerable value given the nature of the technology and the incredible work being done behind the scenes to make it unique. and intuitively Christchurch & # 39; s, "she said.
The library is expected to open later this year.
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