Have your say… on Let’s Get Wellington Moving PUBLIC FEEDBACK IS OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER 2017 Getting Wellington moving Let’s Get Wellington Moving is a joint initiative WHAT WILL WE DO WITH YOUR between Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington HOW DO I PROVIDE FEEDBACK? FEEDBACK? Regional Council and the New Zealand Transport • Go to getwellymoving.co.nz and fill in the We will consider all feedback and report this Agency. Our focus is the area from Ngauranga online survey Gorge to the airport, encompassing the Wellington back to you by March 2018. If you provide your Urban Motorway and connections to the central city, • Complete and return the freepost feedback contact details, we can send you the link or a copy Wellington Hospital and the eastern and southern form on the back page of this leaflet of the report. suburbs. • If you have difficulty completing the form We‘ll use your feedback to help develop a preferred We are working with the people of Wellington you can call us on (04) 499 4444 and we will scenario. This could be one of the four scenarios or a to develop a transport system that supports help you. new one that includes parts of the scenarios we are presenting now. The preferred scenario will include your aspirations for how the city looks, feels and You can also talk to us in person at: functions. The programme partners want to support more information on timing and cost. Wellington’s growth while making it safer and easier LOWER HUTT, Walter Nash Centre There will be more opportunities to have your say for you to get around. 20/22 Taine Street as we move to more detailed stages of investigation and design. WHAT ARE WE SEEKING FEEDBACK ON? 4pm – 7pm Wednesday 22 November We have come up with four scenarios for how we MORE INFORMATION JOHNSONVILLE Community Centre could develop Wellington’s transport system. We’re 3 Frankmoore Avenue This leaflet and feedback form provide basic seeking your feedback until 15 December. information about the project and the four scenarios 4pm – 7pm Tuesday 28 November The scenarios have different benefits and costs, we are seeking feedback on. More information and would impact the city in different ways. It’s including background reports and frequently asked PORIRUA Night Market questions are available at getwellymoving.co.nz. important to keep these things in mind when you 8 Cobham Court have your say. 5pm – 8:30pm Thursday 30 November You can help by telling us: • What you like or don’t like about each scenario KILBIRNIE, ASB Sports Centre 72 Kemp Street • What you would change about each scenario 4pm – 6pm Monday 4 December • How far you would go in making changes and why • Any other feedback you would like to share. CITY, Te Wharewaka o Pōneke 2 Taranaki Street, Wellington Waterfront 12pm – 2pm Tuesday 5 December and 5pm – 7pm 2 What’s the problem? Wellington is a great place to live, work and visit Wellington’s harbour, hills, and compact central MOVING MORE PEOPLE WITHOUT but our transport system is starting to impact on city with its high concentration of jobs and people MORE VEHICLES Wellington’s liveability and economic growth. present a number of issues for our transport system. To support liveability as Wellington grows, we Last year we asked you what you liked about the As Wellington grows, these issues will become need to move more people without more city and its transport system and what you found more challenging. Our forecasts show that in vehicles. That means: frustrating. We receivedKhandallah over 10,000 responses and 30 years, the Wellington region will be home to used these to develop 12 guiding principles which 100,000–150,000 more people, with up to 50,000 • Prioritising routes in the central city for you can see on the website. more jobs. By 2026, without further investment in walking, public transport, and cycling our transport system, travel times by car and public • Encouraging more people to walk, use public OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE transport are expected to be up to 25% longer on transport, and bike into and out of the central some key routes, and the cost of congestion to the city More reliable access economy is expected to increase by up to 50%. to/from the north • Improving access to key regional destinations Improvements are needed to make our transport such as the hospital and airport while Safer and more system work for everyone, and make the most of minimising the impact on the central city. reliable access to the what the city has to offer. The map on this page port and ferries shows some of the key opportunities for change. Stadium Harbour SCENARIOS Thorndon HOW SHOULD WE DEVELOP OUR We have come up with four scenarios to show Improved ability to More accessible, safer and what sorts of things we could change. You will withstand and recover more attractive city streets. TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN WELLINGTON? from disruption A more walkable and cycle see a strong focus on public transport in all friendly city centre Our goal is to move to a transport system that: A reliable, high quality scenarios. The options shown are illustrative public transport spine • Enhances the liveability of the central city only, and other options are possible. Further Better links between city and harbour investigation and design work will be done later Attract ‘through traffic’ • Provides more efficient and reliable access away from waterfront in the programme. quays • Reduces reliance on private vehicle travel Reduce pedestrian/ Faster, more reliable public The scenarios build on each other, starting with traffic conflicts and transport on main routes • Improves safety for everyone a basic package, adding in more changes that unlock development unlock more opportunities from one scenario to potential in Te Aro • Is adaptable to disruptions and future Unlock mass transit to the next. the east and south Better access to the uncertainty. east for all users Scenario A is the quickest and cheapest to build, Hataitai Our work has shown that we can’t solve our Brooklyn but delivers limited benefits. As the scenarios problems by just building new roads. We don’t become bigger and more complex towards Evans Bay have the space, and experience around the world Scenario D, they deliver more value and better has shown that simply increasing road space has Newtown alignment with our principles, but would take only a short-term benefit. We need a plan that longer to build and would cost more. includes all of the ways people travel. Kilbirnie 3 Seatoun Lyall Bay Island Bay Owhiro Bay A B Khandallah Khandallah LEGEND Scenario A P LEGEND PV ORANGE LINES ORANGE LINES AND TEXT SHOWS PRIORITISE PUBLIC TRANSPORT, WALKING AND CYCLINGAND TEXT SHOWS CHANGES FROM High priority for public CHANGES FROM CURRENT NETWORK IN THEtransport CENTRAL on Thorndon Quay CITY. PREVIOUS SCENARIO Reduce speed limits and prioritise key central city streets for walking, cycling and public transport to make travelling by bus quicker and create a Higher priority for people safer walkingand more along key attractive routes and environment for people on foot and on bikes. Stadium at selected intersections in Stadium Higher priority for people Thorndon Cost:the $150m central city – and$200m through Thorndon walking along key routes and Mt Victoria at selected intersections in 1.5 – 2.5 years Improve walking priority along key the central city Improve walking priority along Timekey to construct: Lambton Quay | Current routes and at selected intersec�ons routes and at selected intersec�ons Cycle lanes along key routes and through Mt Victoria connected to the north Lambton Quay | Current Cycle lanes along key routes and south cycleways and connected to the north and Cycle lanes along some routes and Cycle lanes along some routes and through Mt Victoria to the south cycleways connect these to the north and south connect these to the north and south Cobham Drive cycleway cycleways and through Mt Victoria to cycleways High priority public the Cobham Drive cycleway High priority public transport lanes from station Public transport lanes and priority transport lanes from station to Basin, hospital, Kilbirnie Public transport lanes and priority Lambton Harbour from sta�on to Basin (dedicated on and airportFootpath Bus lane General General Bus lane Footpath Lambton Harbour from sta�on to hospital, Kilbirnie and to Basin (peak time) Traffic Traffic (peak time) Golden Mile) airport (dedicated along Golden Mile Footpath Bus lane General General Bus lane Footpath and through Basin) (peak time) Traffic Traffic (peak time) Willis Street | Current Con�nue with upgraded bus eet (mass transit op�ons limited by Basin Lambton Quay | Possible future Mass transit (which could include and Mt Vic constraints) light rail) from sta�on to hospital and Lambton Quay | Possible future Kilbirnie/airport Remove peak-hour parking Remove peak-hour parking Clearways on Vivian on Vivian St on Vivian St Clearways on Vivian Footpath General Traffic Public Footpath New road layout at Basin, Transport Improve Basin layout Improve Basin at grade including tunnelsFootpath or bridgesGeneral Footpath Public Transport Footpath Traffic (without bridges or tunnels) – see page 9 Grade separate at Basin Footpath General Footpath Public Transport Footpath Willis StreetTraffic | Current Willis Street | Possible future An extra Mt Victoria Hataitai tunnel including walking Hataitai Second Mt Victoria tunnel including Brooklyn and cycling access, widenBrooklyn Ruahine St walking and cycling access, widen Ruahine St Evans Bay Mass transit (which could Evans