Transport / March 2010
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Let’s Hope Bad Things Don’t Go In Threes!
- Auckland Trains
- Not a good day on Wellington trains.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Basin Reserve Changes Await Govt Decision
- Auckland Trains
- NZTA has outlined the process of how proposed changes around Wellington’s Basin Reserve will proceed.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Up up in a way
- The Sidestrip
- TheSidestrip visited the Wellington Aero Club 80th anniversary celebration at the Wellington Airport last March 27,2010.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Overhead Power Work Dominates Wellington Rail’s Easter
- Auckland Trains
- Easter will also be a busy time on the Wellington line as the work on improvements there continue. During Easter, work will take place on all lines around the region, focusing on the overhead power system in particular. KiwiRail will also continue with the installation of a third main line at the entrance to Wellington Railway Station.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Wind and Hills: Have Traffic Engineers Noticed?
- Architectural Centre Inc
- There’s a lot of information on the design of cycle lanes about - basic principles that most roads in Wellington contravine.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Cut and Cover
- Architectural Centre Inc
- In a surprise move, the possibility of lowering State Highway One past the National War Memorial was announced on the front page of the weekend paper. At the Architectural Centre, we have been advocating this for a number of years now - we hosted a Symposium on the design of the ‘Memorial Park’ in 2007, and the over-whelming feedback from the group of assembled experts was that the roadway through the park should be lowered.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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I love that whooshing sound deadlines make ....
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- .... as they fly by.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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DomPost reports: Trenching for Buckle Street
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- This morning's paper has front page news that Transport Minister Steven Joyce and Culture and Heritage Minister Chris Finlayson have reached agreement that State Highway One will be trenched underneath Buckle Street, in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Train Report: Fault Unnoticed For A Week
- Auckland Trains
- A rail inquiry into a fire on a Wellington train reveals a fault was a week old but never reported because of “weaknesses in the fault reporting system.
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NZTA submits: we want to ignore heritage protections
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Recently the Wellington City Council has been consulting on the heritage rules for residential property in the inner city neighbourhoods, with the aim of rationalising how heritage controls are applied.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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What culture? What heritage?
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Minister of Culture and Heritage (and Wellingtonian) Chris Finlayson has washed his hands of any responsibility for the Basin Reserve precinct.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Installation Of Third Wellington Rail Line Continues This Weekend
- Auckland Trains
- In Wellington, another busy weekend is ahead on the upgrade for the rail network, with a half time called for a soccer game! It’s good news for commuters, who suffered more delays yesterday morning.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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First New Wellington Trains Arrive August
- Auckland Trains
- Confirmation today that the first of Wellington’s new Matangi trains will arrive in August, and passengers will be onboard before Christmas.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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