Sustainable Wellington Transport / July 2011
This blog is run and maintained by Sustainable Wellington Region Transport (sustwelltrans), a group of people from the Wellington region intent on seeing a sustainable, prudent and long-term approach to transport in our region. Our members live in the Hutt, Kapiti, Porirua and Wellington City.
September 2011 | June 2011-
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Yesterday’s Solution
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- In 2011, you would think two considerations would be central to transport planning; the need to reduce carbon emissions and dependence on oil. Think again… The New Zealand Transport Agency has released for consultation its scheme for the inner city section (Cobham Drive to Buckle St) of its grand Levin to Wellington Airport superhighway. What the scheme amounts to is a road building extravaganza that reeks of the 1960s and 1970s. The salient point about NZTA’s consultation is that it offers no choice. The key projects including a flyover at the Basin Reserve and a second Mt Victoria Tunnel are a fait accompli. So the public is not given any meaningful options, such as the public transport alternative.
- Accepted from Sustainable Wellington Transport posts
- Tagged as:
- light-rail
- basin-reserve-flyover
- consultation
Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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