The Golden Mile redevelopment plan will be among the projects being discussed, councillors say. Photo:
Wellington City Councillors are in a crucial meeting on which programmes to cut to make hundreds of millions of dollars of savings.
Councillors will vote on what will go into the amended draft long term plan.
Savings have to be found after the vote last month not to sell the council's 34 percent stake in Wellington Airport.
The decision meant the long term plan, which was adopted only in June, has to be amended.
Wellington City Council to hold meeting to discuss which programs to cut
Eastern Ward Councillor Tim Brown said councillors weren't going into the meeting with a "fully nailed plan" but the ingredients were there for a plan to emerge over the next couple of weeks.
Independent Lambton ward councillor Iona Pannet said there wouldn't consensus on the Golden Mile redevelopment plan backed by Mayor Tory Whanau.
It was part of the now disestablished Let's Get Wellington Moving transport programme and involved private cars removed between Lambton Quay and Courtenay Place, and provide cycling, walking and bus improvements.
"I'm personally opposing it but I understand why it's been put through and we'll have a good debate about it," Pannet told Morning Report.
Brown also opposed the project which he said was "a complete mess". He said the options were continue with it, redevelop Courtenay Place alone or, his favoured option, rescope the whole plan to come up with something smaller scale.
Other projects also up for discussion were the fate of the Begonia House in the capital's botanic gardens and the demolition of the city to sea bridge.
Pannet said after the council meeting on the priorities and they will be going out for public consultation next year.
Crown observer Lindsay McKenzie, apppointed to the council by Local Government Minister Simeon Brown, will be watching the meeting.