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- Wellington community helps design safer and more accessible walking improvements
  - 29 Mar 2022
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - After receiving community design input, the Let’s Get Wellington Moving’s central city walking improvements project is now underway, making central city intersection safer, accessible, and more efficient. Improvements have already been made on two intersections on Whitmore Street and further work will now begin on five intersections in Vivian Street from April 2022.
- Major report recommends more waterfront use, more green spaces and fewer cars
  - 11 Mar 2022
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - A report by world-leading people-centred urban design experts, Gehl Architects, finds Wellington’s car traffic and parking is occupying too much valuable land which could be redesigned to support higher-density housing, greener and more public spaces, and to provide a safer and more attractive environment for people.
- Decision made: New Cobham Drive crossing and SH1 speed limits
  - 3 Mar 2022
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - People can look forward to safer and more connected communities with lower speed limits to be introduced between Mt Victoria and Wellington Airport, and a safe crossing on State Highway 1 along Cobham Drive.
- Next steps considered following public support of a safer and more attractive gateway to Wellington
  - 18 Feb 2022
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - A business case outlining a preferred option and the next steps towards a safer and more attractive Thorndon Quay and Hutt Road will be considered by Let’s Get Wellington Moving funding partners over the coming weeks.
- Let’s Get Wellington Moving replaces leaf rating visuals with written descriptions
  - 12 Nov 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Let’s Get Wellington Moving has removed the ‘climate friendly’ leaf rating visual icons on its engagement website hello. lgwm. nz and replaced these with written descriptions to summarise more fully the projected impacts on carbon emissions of its four transformational options. “Determining potential carbon emissions for the programme options is a complex process incorporating many variables.
- Intersection safety improvements start - first spade in the ground for Let’s Get Wellington Moving
  - 4 Nov 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Crossing intersections in Wellington’s CBD are about to be made safer, accessible, and more efficient with work starting on two busy intersections in November at Whitmore and Stout Streets and Whitmore and Featherston Streets – the first construction work as part of the Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme.
- Let’s Get Wellington Moving unveils four options to transform Wellington
  - 1 Nov 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Let’s Get Wellington Moving has officially unveiled four options to help transform the Capital, focused on mass rapid transit, improvements at the Basin Reserve and an extra Mt Victoria Tunnel as part of a multi-billion dollar plan to move more people with fewer vehicles, enable more housing, and help reduce carbon emissions.
- Help us decide on Wellington City’s future
  - 1 Nov 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Over six weeks from 2 November to 10 December Let’s Get Wellington Moving is making it easy for people to have their say on four options to enable the transformation of Wellington, alongside Wellington City Council’s Our City Tomorrow engagements on proposed District Plan and bike network changes.
- Transforming the Golden Mile is one step closer
  - 20 Oct 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - The plan presents the case for change to Wellington’s central city, outlining how the preferred option of ‘Transform’ would significantly change the road layout from Courtenay Place to Lambton Quay, creating vibrant, attractive and wider pedestrian spaces, bus lanes, dedicated areas for bikes and scooters and removing private motor vehicles.
- Programme update ahead of November public engagement
  - 29 Sep 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Thanks to all those who came to the Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme update on 28 September. We were pleased to brief you on our transformational programme and the upcoming public engagement in November.
- City Streets package to provide more choice and ways for Wellingtonians to get around
  - 18 Aug 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - The City Streets package to be considered by Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency over coming weeks will support the wider Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme
- City Streets package to provide more choice and ways for Wellingtonians to get around
  - 18 Aug 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - The City Streets package to be considered by Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency over coming weeks will support the wider Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme
- Partners aligned on refreshed programme priorities for Let’s Get Wellington Moving
  - 1 Jul 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - A greater focus on climate change and reducing carbon emissions is just one of the changes to emerge from an update to the objectives of the Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme.
- Partners aligned on refreshed programme priorities for Let’s Get Wellington Moving
  - 1 Jul 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - A greater focus on climate change and reducing carbon emissions is just one of the changes to emerge from an update to the objectives of the Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme.
- Let’s get ready for a safer crossing and speeds on Cobham Drive
  - 30 Jun 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Let’s Get Wellington Moving is asking people to have their say on proposed safer speed limits on State Highway 1 and a new walking and cycling crossing on Cobham Drive.
- Let’s get ready for a safer crossing and speeds on Cobham Drive
  - 30 Jun 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Let’s Get Wellington Moving is asking people to have their say on proposed safer speed limits on State Highway 1 and a new walking and cycling crossing on Cobham Drive.
- Pedestrian improvement works ready to kick off around Wellington
  - 25 Jun 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Better access and safety for pedestrians across multiple central city locations is on the way, with a suite of intersection improvement projects due to roll out as part of the Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) three-yea
- Pedestrian improvement works ready to kick off around Wellington
  - 25 Jun 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Better access and safety for pedestrians across multiple central city locations is on the way, with a suite of intersection improvement projects due to roll out as part of the Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) three-yea
- Let’s Get Wellington Moving gets public backing to transform the Golden Mile
  - 17 Jun 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - An option to transform Wellington’s Golden Mile has received strong public backing, with the majority of people telling Let’s Get Wellington Moving that they support plans to re-energise the Golden Mile.
- Consultation to open on Thorndon Quay & Hutt Road improvements
  - 6 May 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - On Tuesday 11 May 2021, Let’s Get Wellington Moving will kick-start its three-year programme with public and community engagement on proposed changes to Thorndon Quay and Hutt Road.
- New leaders appointed at Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - 21 Apr 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Let’s Get Wellington Moving has announced key leadership appointments to ensure the programme is set up to deliver its ambitious, multi-billion-dollar, 20-year plan.
- Partnering with world leading urban design consultancy
  - 17 Mar 2021
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - We're working with Denmark-based Gehl Architects to identify opportunities to raise the urban quality and liveability of Wellington city.
- Golden Mile engagement report published
  - 28 Oct 2020
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Nearly 2000 people, businesses, groups and organisations gave feedback on the future of the Golden Mile during public engagement in June - August this year. An engagement report summarising their feedback has now been published.
- More time to give feedback on Golden Mile concepts
  - 30 Jul 2020
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - A big thank you to the more than 1,000 Wellingtonians who’ve already told us what they think of the three different concepts for the Golden Mile. We’ve heard that some people would like a bit more time to provide feedback, so we’re extending the public engagement for another two weeks.
- Wellington CBD speed limits change to 30km/h on Sunday 19 July
  - 17 Jul 2020
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - From this Sunday (19 July), the speed limit on most of Wellington’s central city streets will change from 50km/h to 30km/h (main roads will remain at 50km/h).
- Concepts for the Golden Mile released
  - 25 Jun 2020
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Three different concepts for making the Golden Mile better for people and buses have been released for community feedback today.
- Wellington to have 30 km/h speed limit in the central city by end July
  - 11 Jun 2020
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Wellington City Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee today gave final approval to changing most central city speed limits from 50 to 30km/h (main roads will remain at 50km/h). The central city safer speeds project is
- Work underway on mass rapid transit and state highway projects
  - 11 Mar 2020
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Work to identify the best options for mass rapid transit and state highway improvements is set to begin, as part of the next phase of the $6. 4 billion Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme.
- Consultation opens on 30km/h speed limit proposal for central city streets
  - 25 Feb 2020
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Consultation is now open on a proposal to lower speed limits on most central city streets to 30km/h. The project is part of the Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme. LGWM programme director Andrew Body says it's clear that people want to see change in how we move to and through the central city.
- Minister, Mayor and Chair welcome next phase for Let’s Get Wellington Moving
  - 5 Dec 2019
  - Let's Get Wellington Moving
  - Both Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) and Wellington City Council (WCC) will vote on a new relationship and funding agreement, including advancing funding, for the next phase of the $6. 4 billion Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme at council meetings next week.

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