Wellington City Council is taking the lead on some projects that were formerly part of Let’s Get Wellington Moving – a partnership between Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Greater Wellington Regional Council, and Wellington City Council, which was dissolved in early 2024.
Wellington’s geography, compact city and small number of road networks mean we continue to face transport challenges and need to keep working toward moving more people more efficiently. We’re continuing work on three of the former programme’s projects to help achieve this:
- the Golden Mile retail and commercial strip, starting at the entertainment hub of Courtenay Place and working along Willis and Manners Streets to the Parliament end of Lambton Quay
- the commuter route along Thorndon Quay from Bunny St to the Aotea Quay overbridge at 87 Hutt Road, and
- the Aotea Quay roundabout.
Due to budget constraints, we’re considering whether the project to improve the remainder of Hutt Road from the Aotea Quay overbridge at 87 Hutt Road to the Jarden Mile intersection should be withdrawn. The Mayor and Councillors will decide about that in June as part of the 10-year Long-term Plan process. Designs will be completed for the Jarden Mile intersection and for a cycleway connection between the Te Ara Tupua shared path and Hutt Road, but any future construction of these elements will go through a separate consultation process.