Wellington.Scoop
Big decisions on future roading projects in Wellington will be taken today by a committee of twelve people. Eight of them are mayors. Read more »

Wellington.Scoop
Nine Wellington community organisations are proposing that they be involved in all future planning for transport projects between Ngauranga and the airport. Read more »

News from Save the Basin
The Save the Basin Campaign Inc has secured the services of Matthew Palmer QC to represent it in the High Court when the NZ Transport Agency appeals against the decision to decline resource consent for a flyover at the Basin Reserve. Read more »

Wellington.Scoop
The NZ Transport Agency has been sending some strange messages over Labour Weekend. Its Wellington twitter account seemed to have separated itself from the agency’s mission “to create transport solutions for a thriving New Zealand.” Read more »

Wellington.Scoop
Ill informed and simplistic. That’s the response from the Architectural Centre which has identified incorrect statements about the Basin Reserve flyover decision that were made by the Prime Minister during an interview last Sunday on TVNZ’s Q+A. Read more »

Wellington.Scoop
The Transport Agency says it wants “certainty” from its appeal against the rejection of its Basin flyover plan. But community groups see things differently. For them it’s not just a legal issue. More importantly it’s the issue of a government organisation trying to impose its will on a city and its communities. Read more »

News from STB
The Save the Basin Campaign has announced that it will be contesting the New Zealand Transport Agency’s appeal against the Board of Inquiry decision to decline resource consent for a Basin Reserve flyover. Read more »

BusinessDesk report by Pattrick Smellie
The biggest winner in today’s new Cabinet line-up from Prime Minister John Key is Simon Bridges, who moves from 18th to ninth in the rankings and picks up the politically important transport portfolio from Gerry Brownlee. Read more »

Wellington.Scoop
Wellington city councillors don’t seem to have had any involvement with the council’s decision that it will participate in the High Court appeal against the rejection of the Basin Reserve flyover. Read more »

News from WCC
Wellington City Council Chief Executive Kevin Lavery has submitted notice to the High Court that the Council wishes to be heard in relation to one aspect of the New Zealand Transport Agency’s appeal on its Basin Bridge proposal. Read more »

Twitter photo by Sean Gillespie

by Lindsay Shelton
One thought was obvious as we walked through the new tunnel under Buckle Street this morning. It’s so short. If only it had been extended under Taranaki Street. And under Cuba Street. And under Victoria Street. And under Willis Street. Read more »

by PCGM
We’ve all looked at some of the Transport Agency’s pronouncements over recent years and wondered what they really meant. Fear not, we’re here to save the day by translating their latest statement on the Basin Reserve flyover appeal – from High Bureaucratese into Plain English:
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by Lindsay Shelton
The Transport Agency, embarrassed by the rejection of its flyover alongside the Basin Reserve, says it’s appealing because the decision could “constrain progress.” Yet for most clear-sighted Wellingtonians a 300-metre-long concrete structure above Kent and Cambridge Terraces would in no way be seen as progress. Quite the contrary. Read more »

Wellington.Scoop
The NZ Transport Agency today announced its decision to appeal against the rejection of its controversial plan to build a 300-metre concrete flyover alongside the Basin Reserve. Read more »

Press Release – Wellington City Council
Wellington City Mayor Celia Wade-Brown is urging transport officials to take a fresh approach to transport solutions in the Capital. Read more »

Joint news release
Porirua Mayor Nick Leggett and Kapiti Mayor Ross Church have applauded the decision of New Zealand Transport Agency to appeal against the Board of Inquiry’s rejection of the Basin Bridge application. Read more »

News release from Cr Iona Pannett
Wellington City Councillor Iona Pannett has today called on the New Zealand Transport Agency to end its flyover fixation, after the Agency announced its decision to continue the legal fight over the Basin Reserve project, resulting in many more months of uncertainty for the area. Read more »

News release from STB
The Save the Basin Campaign describes a decision by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to appeal the Board of Inquiry decision declining consent for its proposed Basin Reserve flyover as an indictment of the Agency’s refusal to learn from its mistakes. Read more »