Christchurch City Council has just released a blueprint for the future of the city's CBD, entitled the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan. It is bold and imaginative and makes this statement: "we are here and we will be back better than ever before".
I have just returned from meetings with city planners and consultants in Christchurch during which we discussed recovery operations and the challenges they are facing. The planning time frame is years but we all know the implications will be for deca
