Wellington Scoop / December 2012
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Conflict of interest: the Agency says more
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Don’t mention it’s 9m high and 380m long
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Transport Agency’s threatening tactics
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Not one flyover, but two of them
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- There’s an added reason for Wellington city councillors to reaffirm their opposition to the Basin Reserve flyover today. While the Transport Agency’s current plan is to build one flyover carrying two lanes of west-bound traffic, it has an even worse idea for the future: a second flyover to carry traffic in the opposite direction.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fighting the flyover: a second vote
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- The Wellington City Council is this week having another of its “extraordinary” meetings. This one is crucial for the city’s urban design – councillors will be voting to confirm opposition to the flyover which the Transport Agency wants to build at the Basin Reserve.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Trams or trains – what 3 studies proposed
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- The reality of the noise problem on Johnsonville trains (which brought complaints last week) is that the heavy rail electric multiple units which provide the service are at their limits on the line, although it now has the best on-time performance of any rail line in Wellington – 94%, even with the clapped-out English Electrics that were in use till June.
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One saves, the other wants to demolish
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Inglewood Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
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The landlord mentality on the waterfront
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- I applaud the sentiments of Lowry Bay resident Tony Cranston, whose letter about the Wellington waterfront earned top position in the DomPost yesterday. He wrote: On Wednesday, walking around the waterfront I was again impressed by its beautiful views. Wellington is very lucky to have a waterfront where one is constantly struck by the views of harbour, houses and hills on one side, and an attractive city on the other. Why the council prefers mediocre buildings to this natural beauty is a mystery. The latest example of what I call developers’ vandalism hits you right in the face as you approach Te Papa. The “conversion” of the Overseas Passenger Terminal will clearly be an over-sized monstrosity, obliterating much of Mt Victoria and its charming houses; it will tower over the marine like Darth Vader and destroy a lot of the character of that part of the waterfront. Might more councillors find some soul and save the waterfront from this landlord mentality before it’s too late?"
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Chaffers Marina, Waitangi Park Shared Path, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
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