Wellington Scoop and Newtown https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+newtown Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Newtown. The main road runs through Newtown, but the criticism is about a traffic island http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=34770 The main streets of Newtown are being converted into State Highway One for four nights every week from now till the end of the year, while the NZ Transport Agency is closing the Mt Victoria tunnel for repairs. But it wasn’t all the extra traffic that upset Newtown locals last week – it was the Agency’s decision to remove a traffic island from Riddiford Street. newtown transport places media Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=34770 Wellington Scoop 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand The disappearance of nine car parks, and the decline of a heritage shopping precinct http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32436 n November 2008, road works were started to resurface and widen Riddiford Street in Newtown, from the southern end to the heritage shopping precinct at the intersection of John Street and Adelaide Road. The contractor put up a sign saying the work would take a month. But it took two and a half months, finishing about the middle of February 2009. cafe retail parking newtown restaurantsbars business transport places media Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32436 Wellington Scoop 2011-03-02T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand $9m disappears, so Adelaide Road won’t become a grand boulevard after all http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=21744 Some of the Wellington City Council’s grand plans for Adelaide Road in Newtown came tumbling down this week. newtown places media Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=21744 Wellington Scoop 2010-03-04T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand