City’s website gets a $3-million makeover
Posted August 8, 2012 8:17 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It’s a one-stop-shop for all your civic needs, but the price tag might have your jaw dropping.
The $3-million make-over of Vancouver’s city website has some people questioning the huge cost.
NPA councillor George Affleck voiced his concern over the redesign of vancouver.ca and the overall cost of the project.
“My biggest challenge with spending $3-million on a website is the fact they’ve made Gregor Robertson the front and centre of the website,” Affleck says. “That concerns me because we’re really supposed to be a website for all of Vancouver and all of the council.”
However, Affleck did defend part of the costs.
“The new website, a lot of [the cost] has to do with the back-end development of it. But I do feel $3-million is a significant amount.”
In comparison to other municipalities’ websites in the Lower Mainland, Richmond revamped its’ city website a few years ago and a city spokesperson said it cost significantly less than $1-million.
The City of Vancouver collected data from people who use the website regularly before implementing the new design. New features include a number of municipal web-services such as neighbourhood pages, more information on parks, police, and the fire department.
