Wellington Scoop / October 2021
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Tākina: costs, risks, and co-operation
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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No decisions, but 4 more options
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- LGWM is continuing its indecisiveness for a sixth year, with four transport options to be announced next week. According to the NZ Herald, all the options include a new Mt Victoria Tunnel, and three of the options include grade separation at the Basin Reserve.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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What’s wrong with the systems?
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- For three years, Your Bay Your Say has brought awareness and transparency to the Titahi Bay and Porirua community about the not-fit-for-purpose Porirua Wastewater Treatment Plant, where there’ve been numerous malfunctions, bypasses for UV cleaning, and overflows of partially treated and raw sewage in heavy rain that discharge 700m from the popular Titahi Bay beach.
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Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fighting the takeover of the golf course
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- Wellington Airport’s plan to take over the golf course became known almost two years ago. An airport master plan announced in October 2019 said the terminal would be doubled in size, with “taxiway improvements” for which it wanted to buy the the southern portion of the Miramar Golf Course to provide space for additional aircraft stands, taxiways and aprons.
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Miramar Golf Course, Airport Bus Stop Walkway, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Six storeys in the suburbs
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- Light Rail is the second option being put forward by Let’s Get Wellington Moving for mass transit. While it is better than bendy buses, it has diverged alarmingly from what was supported by all tiers of government in 2019. Most concerning is the thinking around the route.
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