Opinion from Trans-Action
The use of modern trams (light rail) along the core Wellington CBD spine is inevitable, because bus systems cannot (or will soon be unable to) deliver the required passenger capacity in the space available, along the Golden Mile in particular. Read more »
by Brent Efford
Another milestone was reached in Wellington’s electric transport history on 19 March when the venerable English Electric EMUs retired from their 74-year-old career shuttling commuters up and down the 10km Johnsonville Line. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
A dollar a year to lease prime land owned by the Wellington City Council – that’s the deal that’s been given to the company which is building 75 luxury apartments on the site of the the Overseas Passenger Terminal. And it’s not the first time that the city has done such a deal with this company. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
Three thousand tons of sediment flowing into Porirua Harbour … one of the consequences of building the new Transmission Gully motorway which has been given draft approval by the government’s board of inquiry. Read more »
Scoop report and images by George McLellan
A large group of demonstrators filled the Capital’s main streets today to join forces with the “Aotearoa is not for sale” hikoi that began on Tuesday April 26 at Cape Reinga. Read more »
Statement from Creswick Valley Residents Association
The Creswick Valley Resident’s Association is preparing for a constructive dialogue with the Wellington City Council, and it welcomes the council’s decision to accept the High Court finding that some of the District Plan land use change material for our Valley was misleading. Read more »
by Lindsay Shelton
We’re getting contradictory messages about tunnels in Wellington. The Transport Agency says they’re too expensive for any of our roads. But consultants hired by the Regional Council are solemnly investigating the possibility of building tunnels under the city for an underground railway. The plan cannot be given any credibility. Read more »
by Lindsay Shelton
The Transport Agency has just issued a book-sized report about last year’s community consultation on changes to Wellington city roads. But it has little value, because the community wasn’t asked to consult on anything except what the Agency wants to do. A flyover! No tunnels! In 160 pages, the Agency tries to pretend that its roading plans have general support. But it hasn’t been able to avoid mentioning the community’s opposition. Read more »
by Lindsay Shelton
It’s no surprise that there’s been more than 20 years of debate about how to develop the Wellington waterfront. But what is surprising is how the city council has repeatedly chosen to fight the clearly expressed preferences of its citizens. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
The Wellington City Council’s plan to allow developers to build up to 30m high on the waterfront has been thrown out by the Environment Court. The DomPost says the Court’s decision is a defeat for the city council, which wanted to allow new buildings up to the 30m limit without public consultation. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
There’s so much that the Wellington City Council wants us to tell it about. Too much, probably. When the council launched its ten-year plan this week, it issued not one but five announcements detailing topics on which it claims it wants to know what the public is thinking. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
While almost everyone else is encouraging the Wellington City Council to cut its spending in order to control the rates, one national organisation is campaigning in the opposite direction. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
Wellington City Councillors are having difficulty making the savings that they’ve been told are necessary. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
The mayor of Bogota in Colombia had some good advice for Wellington and for the NZ Transport Agency at the weekend. He was speaking at the Paramount, in a film screening as part of the World Cinema Showcase. Read more »
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