https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+regional-council Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Regional Council. http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79000 The resignation of chair Fran Wilde is a major change for the Wellington Regional Council. But maybe the council is in denial – there’s nothing about the announcement on its website. Not a word. regional-council government media Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79000 Wellington Scoop 2015-06-18T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=76490 It is my opinion that Kevin Lavery and some of the city council leadership team have an agenda for privatising and commercialising city assets that they are determined to push in an opaque and autocratic way. Let’s take a look at WREDA for example – the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency that was launched with great fanfare last year and has since disappeared off the radar. Its role is to replace five Council-Controlled Organisations: Grow, Positively, Destination, Venues, and Major Events. wcc regional-council government media Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=76490 Wellington Scoop 2015-03-19T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=75804 regional-council supercity government media Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=75804 Wellington Scoop 2015-02-26T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=62062 The reason for closure is that the overbridge which was built in 1934 has recently been deemed unsafe because too little has been spent on maintenance and it is now heavily corroded from the sea air. As a result the station has been temporarily closed. Tranz Metro and the Regional Council are now considering what to do ‘long term’ with the least cost scenario to repair the bridge requiring half a million dollars. However, the mention of this work apparently triggers the legislative need for a passenger ramps to meet wheelchair users which would raise the cost to $2.4 million. So the Regional Council Engineers want to close the station, citing – in their report to be put to the Council tomorrow – that only 14 commuters use the service in the AM peak. trains regional-council transport government media Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=62062 Wellington Scoop 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z -41.2598076 174.79155852959502 Kaiwharawhara, Westminster Street, Wadestown, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=59871 transport light-rail trains regional-council government media Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=59871 Wellington Scoop 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=53490 The Transport Agency’s no-choice tactics to promote a Basin Reserve flyover have evidently appealed to Fran Wilde and her supporters on the regional council’s local-government-reform working party. The working party has come up with two options for local government reform – and they’re both for a super city. They’re no-choice options. basinreserve wcc regional-council transport government media Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=53490 Wellington Scoop 2013-03-11T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=50038 The game is changing for the debate about a flyover at the Basin Reserve. Not only because of the unexpected decision by the Regional Council to reconsider its controversial support of the flyover. But also because of the news that another professionally-designed plan exists to solve traffic problems without the need for a 380-metre long bridge. basinreserve regional-council transport government media Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=50038 Wellington Scoop 2012-11-08T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=47451 The Transport Agency’s stubborn decision to build a concrete bridge on the northern side of the Basin Reserve has brought a mass of criticism from Wellingtonians. Among the few expressions of support, a statement from Regional Council chair Fran Wilde in which she praises the proposal without mentioning the flyover. regional-council basinreserve government transport media Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=47451 Wellington Scoop 2012-08-19T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=46052 The Regional Council doesn’t want us to focus on its steep increase in rates. Instead, it hopes to distract us with the fact that it has made a small reduction in the amount of the increase which it had been planning. rates regional-council government media Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=46052 Wellington Scoop 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=44990 There’s no surprise that three of the Wellington City Council’s four options for reforming local government in the region involve abolishing the Greater Wellington Regional Council. wcc supercity regional-council government media Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=44990 Wellington Scoop 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=42587 regional-council government media Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=42587 Wellington Scoop 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=42436 Now that all the money has been spent to make the CBD friendlier and faster for buses (and less attractive for pedestrians) the Regional Council has discovered that the result is: congestion. “At least 140 buses per hour in the morning and evening peak,” Councillor Glensor told us on Monday. “Resulting in significant jams and delays,” said Councillor Ponter five days earlier. The council has also acknowledged, belatedly, that there are huge inefficiencies along the Golden Mile, caused by duplication of routes. And it has finally accepted what the rest of us have been seeing for months – what it delicately describes as the bunching effect of buses, particularly at Willis and Manners Streets. (Manners Street – where we were told that all problems would be fixed when buses were given priority.) transport regional-council buses consultation government media Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=42436 Wellington Scoop 2012-02-16T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=41515 The Dominion Post was this week doing its best to talk up Wellington local body amalgamation again, with a thinly-disguised opinion piece from Colin James masquerading as news. The theory is that the “threat” of the Auckland super-city needs a counterweight in Wellington, and that the only solution is some kind of regional amalgamation. However the usual lack of enthusiasm from the locals is noted – with apparently no-one other than Fran Wilde and Colin James in favour of the idea. regional-council supercity government media Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=41515 Wellington Scoop 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=39845 After a process that didn’t seem to satisfy anyone except Fran Wilde, the Regional Council will tell the NZ Transport Agency that it supports a 380-metre concrete bridge from the Mt Victoria Tunnel alongside the Basin Reserve to the Tory Street traffic lights. regional-council basinreserve government transport media Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=39845 Wellington Scoop 2011-11-02T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=39632 Tuesday is the day when the Greater Wellington Regional Council has a second chance to oppose the damage that would be caused by building a cheap flyover alongside the Basin Reserve. basinreserve regional-council transport government media Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=39632 Wellington Scoop 2011-10-30T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=39342 Almost 20 years ago, when Fran Wilde was Mayor, the Wellington City Council allowed a supermarket to be built in a priceless viewshaft at the northern end of Cambridge Terrace. Almost 20 years later, the Wellington Regional Council (with Fran Wilde as chair) has supported a proposal which will cause an equal amount of damage at the opposite end of the wide boulevard. basinreserve regional-council transport government media Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=39342 Wellington Scoop 2011-10-13T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand