Wellington councillors have voted against advice to fence parts of the waterfront.

They were considering a proposal to immediately spend $7 million installing fences on the Kumutoto and Queens Wharf precincts - without community consultation.

Councillor Tim Brown says he feels they've spent $8 million dollars improving lighting and other initiatives around the waterfront.

He says he feels they've met their safety responsibly.

"The best thing for us to do in terms of common sense approach was to sit back and have a look at the effect of what we've already done - before we decided we needed to do something additional."

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