Selwyn council will deliver under 70% of its planned projects for 2025/26, but the mayor says it “isn’t a failure”. The council had planned to complete $86 million of capital projects in the year ending June 2026. However, a report to the council's finance and performance committee showed it had only spent $26.1m of this budget by the end of February. It’s the result of several major projects being delayed or deferred, including the new district park in Rolleston and Leeston’s library and community centre Whata Rau. Head of capital works and capital David Spriggs said the council's budget has been revised after $4.7m of savings were identified. Delivering 67% of capital projects would be "very challenging", he said. "Being realistic, it is going to come in lower than that." Mayor Lydia Gliddon said a lower delivery forecast “isn’t a failure” as there was good news from the savings being made. Gliddon said it was better to deliver good projects within budget.…