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Transportation improvements around the Basin Reserve

Improvements are planned to the state highway around the Basin Reserve in Wellington to make it a safer and more reliable route for motorists, buses, cyclists and pedestrians.

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Wellington

  • Part of

    Wellington Northern Corridor

  • Location

    The SH1 roading network around Wellington City’s Basin Reserve. A myriad of connecting streets (Buckle Street, Cambridge Terrace, Kent Terrace, Patterson Street and Adelaide Road) meets Sussex, Dufferin and Rugby Streets around the cricket grounds.

  • Project type

    Roads of national significance

  • Project status

    Investigation

  • Project contact

    Robert Addison

  • Estimated cost

    N/A

  • Project website

    http://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/basin-reserve/

Project purpose

The road network around the Basin Reserve is an important link in the Wellington road of national significance (RoNS), the State Highway 1 corridor between Levin and Wellington Airport. The improvements will assist the smooth flow of traffic between the north and south of Wellington City. The improvements are intended to contribute to providing a high-quality, high-capacity, fast and reliable passenger transport spine as part of the Wellington Northern CorridorRoNS from Levin to Wellington Airport. This will improve the reliability and travel times of the route for through traffic, particularly to Wellington Airport and Wellington Hospital.

Benefits

The improvements are intended to contribute to providing a high-quality, high-capacity, fast and reliable public transport spine as part of the Ngauranga to Wellington Airport Corridor Plan. This will improve the reliability and travel times of the route for through traffic, particularly to Wellington Airport and Wellington Hospital. An important consideration is to provide enhanced amenities, safety and convenience for people who walk and cycle.

Features

Being an important passenger and commuter link for the Wellington region and Wellington city, this project involves a partnership between the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA), Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC), Wellington City Council (WCC) and the Ministry of Culture and Heritage (MCH). In mid-2009, NZTA invited tenders for the undertaking of investigations on the planned improvements around the Basin Reserve. The contract was awarded to Opus International Consultants. A multi-disciplinary team has now developed options ready for public engagement.

Other facts

Community engagement report

In July and August 2011, the NZTA undertook a 'community engagement programme', in which we invited the community to comment on these proposals and their overall effects; and on some design aspects on which we had yet to make final decisions, such as:

  • whether we should build a separate pedestrian cyclist facility on the bridge around the Basin Reserve; and
  • how pedestrians and cyclists should be separated from other traffic in the second Mt Victoria Tunnel.

Feedback and submissions from the community is to be used to help us make decisions on the above matters, including the location for the bridge, as well as informing the preparation of the Resource Management Act (RMA) applications for the proposals, which are to be submitted in 2013.

This report describes the community engagement programme and summarises the feedback we received.

Media releases

NZTA confirms dates for public engagement on Wellington transport improvements
9 June 2011
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has confirmed that detailed proposals to improve transport connections between the inner city and the eastern suburbs will be released for public comment on Saturday 2 July.