Transport / November 2015
December 2015 | October 2015-
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NEWS: Longer Runway not Plane Sailing
- Guardians of the Bays
- By Bernard Hickey As a Wellingtonian, I would love a runway that permits direct flights to Asia and the US.
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NEWS: Extending the runway: one truck every minute, for ten hours every day
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- by Lindsay Shelton The brutal reality of constructing a longer runway at Wellington Airport is revealed in one of the 27 reports that were published this week.
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OPINION Dave Armstrong: Dave Armstrong: Project Runway wild gamble without an airline
- Guardians of the Bays
- Hallelujah! After growing opposition from surfers, Moa Point greenies and airline pilots, the airport runway extension is taking off thanks to the latest report commissioned by, wait for it, the airport.
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REBLOG Genius Net: No Public Funding For Runway White Elephant Please
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- The debate over whether or not public money should be invested in the extension of Wellington International Airport’s (WIAL) runway is starting to heat up.
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REBLOG: What if they build it and no one comes?
- Guardians of the Bays
- A throwaway line of mine a couple of weeks ago about the Wellington City Council’s enthusiasm for the proposed airport runway extension prompted a couple of comments here from Tim Brown, chair of Wellington International Airport Limited (WIAL) – owned 66 per cent by Infratil and 34 per cent by the Wellington City Council.
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Cheaper bus fares start this weekend
- Peninsula News
- Bus fares are cheaper every weekend from this Saturday 28 November to Sunday 20 December on GO Wellington or Newlands Coach Services buses with $1 fares for one zone of travel, and a $2 adult fare or $1.50 child fare... Read More ›
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Newlands, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Some real facts about the airport extension
- Guardians of the Bays
- Last night, we hoped that TV One News would give us the chance to provide some counter to the big bunch of spin all over the Dom Post yesterday.
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Runway Extension: Economic Minister not convinced
- Peninsula News
- A tweet from Steven Joyce yesterday on the proposed runway extension stated: “It remains mystifying why a private company whose parent made $385m last yr think it needs taxpayers 2 pay for this” He told The Dominion Post earlier that,... Read More ›
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Public transport in Wellington. Are we on track?
- Aro Valley Community Centre
- Come and hear a discussion of the merits of Bus Rapid Transit or Light Rail for Wellington Greater Wellington: Cr Paul Swain Wellington City Council: Cr Andy Foster FIT Wellington: John Rankin Trams-Action Wellington: Demetrius Christoforou Moderator: Dave Armstrong Date: Wednesday 2 December 2015 Time: 6 to 8pm Venue: Aro Valley Community Hall, 48 Aro Street, Wellington Koha:$15 ($5 students and unwaged) in support of our cause FIT Wellington is for Fair, Intelligent Transport Spending more on public transport, walking and cycling, and less on roads. is better for the city, the environment and the economy Wellington’s main bus route is overloaded and an obvious solution is light rail
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Heritage Railway Vehicle Display Shed Project
- Silver Stream Railway
- In January 2015 SSR embarked on a major project to construct a 650m2 display shed to enable some of our rolling stock to be displayed in a purpose built facility.
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September Railway Update
- Silver Stream Railway
- A brief rundown of what has been happening around the railway since our last update. For more up to date information and photos see our Facebook page. read more
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Heritage Railway Vehicle Display Shed Project
- Silver Stream Railway
- In January 2015 SSR embarked on a major project to construct a 650m2 display shed to enable some of our rolling stock to be displayed in a purpose built facility.…
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REBLOG: Strathmore Park: Infratil getting testy over Wellington airport extension questions
- Guardians of the Bays
- Infratil are getting increasingly testy over the questions now being asked by many around the viability of the Wellington Airport Extension and the perception of a corporate handout.
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OPINION David Lee: Wellington runway extension or runaway costs?
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- OPINION: As Wellington International Airport Limited (WIAL) prepares to lodge its application for resource consent for a runway extension, it’s important Wellingtonians are aware of the full facts – because, if the scheme goes ahead, a vast amount of ratepayers’ money will be pouring into it.
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NEWS: Wellington airport’s safety disputed in runway extension case
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- Safety at Wellington airport is in dispute with the director of Civil Aviation saying it is safe and the pilots’ union saying the risk of an overrun or undershoot is significant.
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NEWS: Pilots challenge safety zones for Wellington Airport’s proposed runway extension
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- The cost of Wellington Airport’s $300 million runway extension will double if the larger safety zones that pilots want are included in the design, a judge has been told.
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NEWS: Pilots take runway battle to High Court
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- A plane is 29 times more likely to overshoot the runway at Wellington Airport than at Auckland, the High Court in Wellington has been told.
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NZTA Hasn’t Yet Learned The Lesson That A Flyover Is A Terrible Idea For The Basin Reserve
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- In response to the defeat of their Basin Flyover proposal in the Board of Inquiry Hearing, NZTA commissioned a Lessons Learnt Review (PDF) from Synergine Consulting.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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RE-BLOG Strathmore Park: Swampy Marsh enters the Airport Extension debate and suffers an ironic injury
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- Simon Marsh launched into David Lee this morning in an Op Ed in the Dominion Post about the airport extension.
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Cheaper weekend Wellington City bus fares for Christmas
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Wellingtonians can look forward to cheaper weekend bus fares for four weeks from 28 November.
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Public Transport in Wellington: Are We On Track? Wednesday 2 December
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Image from FIT Wellington This very timely event has been organised by FIT Wellington, who collaborated with Save the Basin on our Pizza and Panel Evening in 2014.
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