Horizons Regional Council will not be in Whanganui this year to hear submissions to its annual plan - because not many locals want to be heard.
Instead the hearings are today and tomorrow in Palmerston North. Most of the submitters who want to be heard come from Palmerston North or farther south.
The council received 91 submissions on its annual plan this year, 12 up on the previous year. The closing date was April 12.
Several were from Whanganui but only mayor Annette Main from Whanganui District Council and David "Tex" Matthews from its Rural Community Board want to give them in person.
Submissions are up on the council's website, and there were a wide range of issues covered. Some of the top ones were flood control, regional bus services and support or opposition to the council's involvement in the Government's economic growth strategy for the region.