Transmission Gully and Lobby Groups
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Taking The Wheel: The Government Makes More Moves To Rebalance Transport
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- As Wellington waits for an announcement in its transport future, the Government is continuing to make moves to reshape transport in New Zealand away from over-reliance on the private car and towards a balanced system that gives as many people as possible options for getting off the roads: The new Government Policy Statement on Land Transport represents a significant change away from the previous Government’s motorway-dominated transport priorities, as Isabella Cawthorn explains on Talk Wellington. On Newshub, Thomas Coughlan says that public transport is the big winner in the new strategy. The previous National-led Government was completely impervious to the well-accepted research finding that adding new capacity encourages more people into cars. The news that the Government is considering tolling Transmission Gully to help prevent this is an encouraging sign that the feared flood of additional cars into Wellington from the North may not materialise. While we wait to see whether the Government’s new, balanced approach will succeed in cutting Wellington’s motorway-building cabal off at the pass, why not find out how another seaside city, Vancouver, has succeeded in making its transport system work for people, not the other way around?
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rare Native Falcon breeding in Takapu Valley? Looking good
- Save Takapu Valley
- We’ve had regular sightings of the rare Native New Zealand Falcon in Takapu Valley over the last few years (and some going back decades), BUT yesterday Rob Suisted (who owns land in upper Takapu Valley) photographed a pair of Falcons – kārearea (Falco novaeseelandiae), flying together, and vocalising (“ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki”), in what appeared to be courting… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rare Native Falcon breeding in Takapu Valley? Looking good
- Save Takapu Valley
- We’ve had regular sightings of the rare Native New Zealand Falcon in Takapu Valley over the last few years (and some going back decades), BUT yesterday Rob Suisted (who owns land in upper Takapu Valley) photographed a pair of Falcons – kārearea (Falco novaeseelandiae), flying together, and vocalising (“ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki”), in what appeared to be courting… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Water is Wide – Flooding May 2015
- Save Takapu Valley
- 120 mm of rain in 24 hours, 60 of it in one hour. There was a fair bit of damage to public infrastructure. The Wellington water main was undercut in a few places, power poles were washed out and fell over, requiring replacement and relocation. Although this was a pretty epic flood, the… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Water is Wide – Flooding May 2015
- Save Takapu Valley
- 120 mm of rain in 24 hours, 60 of it in one hour. There was a fair bit of damage to public infrastructure. The Wellington water main was undercut in a few places, power poles were washed out and fell over, requiring replacement and relocation. Although this was a pretty epic flood, the… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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WCC, RTC and now GWRC adopt positions to protect Takapu Valley from motorway
- Save Takapu Valley
- 29 April 2015 – Greater Wellington Regional Council voted strongly against NZTA plans to put a road through Takapu Valley (http://www.
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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WCC, RTC and now GWRC adopt positions to protect Takapu Valley from motorway
- Save Takapu Valley
- 29 April 2015 – Greater Wellington Regional Council voted strongly against NZTA plans to put a road through Takapu Valley (http://www.
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Common sense decision by Wellington City Council on Petone to Grenada Rd
- Save Takapu Valley
- On 14th April 2015, the Wellington City Council voted a strong (11/4) position on the Petone to Grenada Road proposal, and the last minute additions of either widening SH1 past Tawa (option C), or a new road through Takapu Valley (option D). Their decision was to SUPPORT the Petone to Grenada Link Road proposal (which… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Common sense decision by Wellington City Council on Petone to Grenada Rd
- Save Takapu Valley
- On 14th April 2015, the Wellington City Council voted a strong (11/4) position on the Petone to Grenada Road proposal, and the last minute additions of either widening SH1 past Tawa (option C), or a new road through Takapu Valley (option D). Their decision was to SUPPORT the Petone to Grenada Link Road proposal (which… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Takapu Valley: Last clean headwaters of Porirua Harbour. Protect it from NZTA
- Save Takapu Valley
- NZTA are proposing a big road through the last undeveloped headwaters of Porirua Stream, which is a major tributary of the Porirua Harbour system. Last week Wellington City Councillors voted to endorse the new Te Awaura-O-Porirua Harbour and Catchment Strategy Action Plan to clean up the Porirua catchment. Surprisingly, Councillors weren’t even told by officials… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Takapu Valley: Last clean headwaters of Porirua Harbour. Protect it from NZTA
- Save Takapu Valley
- NZTA are proposing a big road through the last undeveloped headwaters of Porirua Stream, which is a major tributary of the Porirua Harbour system. Last week Wellington City Councillors voted to endorse the new Te Awaura-O-Porirua Harbour and Catchment Strategy Action Plan to clean up the Porirua catchment. Surprisingly, Councillors weren’t even told by officials… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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P2G and WGTN Resilience, Part 2: EQ and Natural Hazard Resilience
- Save Takapu Valley
- This is the second of three posts examining the effects of the proposed Petone to Grenada link road on the network and natural hazard resilience of the Wellington road network. This post covers Earthquake and Natural Hazard Resilience. Part 1 looks at network resilience. Part 3 takes a closer look at the challenges of the… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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P2G and WGTN Resilience, Part 2: EQ and Natural Hazard Resilience
- Save Takapu Valley
- This is the second of three posts examining the effects of the proposed Petone to Grenada link road on the network and natural hazard resilience of the Wellington road network. This post covers Earthquake and Natural Hazard Resilience. Part 1 looks at network resilience. Part 3 takes a closer look at the challenges of the… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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P2G and WGTN Resilience, Part 3: The Hutt Valley
- Save Takapu Valley
- This is the third of three posts examining the effects of the proposed Petone to Grenada link road on the network and natural hazard resilience of the Wellington road network. This post looks at road access to the Hutt after a major event. Part 1 looks at network resilience. Part 2 examines earthquake and natural… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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P2G and WGTN Resilience, Part 3: The Hutt Valley
- Save Takapu Valley
- This is the third of three posts examining the effects of the proposed Petone to Grenada link road on the network and natural hazard resilience of the Wellington road network. This post looks at road access to the Hutt after a major event. Part 1 looks at network resilience. Part 2 examines earthquake and natural… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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P2G and WGTN Resilience, Part 1: Network Resilience
- Save Takapu Valley
- This is the first of three posts examining the effects of the proposed Petone to Grenada link road on the network and natural hazard resilience of the Wellington road network. This post covers Network Resilience. Part 2 looks at earthquake and natural hazard resilience. Part 3 takes a closer look at the challenges of the… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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P2G and WGTN Resilience, Part 1: Network Resilience
- Save Takapu Valley
- This is the first of three posts examining the effects of the proposed Petone to Grenada link road on the network and natural hazard resilience of the Wellington road network. This post covers Network Resilience. Part 2 looks at earthquake and natural hazard resilience. Part 3 takes a closer look at the challenges of the… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Is the behaviour of NZTA Wellington appropriate for a Government Agency?
- Save Takapu Valley
- After a year working alongside NZTA over their plans to bulldoze the valley. We’ve learnt a lot about NZTA, and not all of it is nice and respectful. Things are getting bad. Government Agencies should work within decent standards, but things came to a head yesterday when our MP Peter Dunne front footed the unethical… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Is the behaviour of NZTA Wellington appropriate for a Government Agency?
- Save Takapu Valley
- After a year working alongside NZTA over their plans to bulldoze the valley. We’ve learnt a lot about NZTA, and not all of it is nice and respectful. Things are getting bad. Government Agencies should work within decent standards, but things came to a head yesterday when our MP Peter Dunne front footed the unethical… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Senior NZTA staff hiding conflict of interest? Not cricket if it is
- Save Takapu Valley
- Are Senior Staff of NZTA writing Letters to Editors and not declaring conflicts, or providing transparency, or worse – passing themselves off as the public to deceive? Surely there are rules about this? A very knowledgeable Murray Carpenter wrote this letter to the Indepentent Herald this week: Is he the same Murray Carpenter, senior Engineer… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Senior NZTA staff hiding conflict of interest? Not cricket if it is
- Save Takapu Valley
- Are Senior Staff of NZTA writing Letters to Editors and not declaring conflicts, or providing transparency, or worse – passing themselves off as the public to deceive? Surely there are rules about this? A very knowledgeable Murray Carpenter wrote this letter to the Indepentent Herald this week: Is he the same Murray Carpenter, senior Engineer… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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