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Greater Wellington Offers Facilitation
Wednesday, 3 October 2018, 2:21 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
The Greater Wellington Regional Council met today regarding the GWRC contracts with public transport operators, urging all parties to seek agreement regarding collective employment agreements. More >>
Customer feedback drives launch of new service
Friday, 28 September 2018, 2:17 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Wellington’s new bus network – following customer feedback - will receive a boost on Monday (October 1) with the new 18e route between Miramar and Karori. More >>
Bus Performance Improving After Challenging Start
Thursday, 27 September 2018, 11:35 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
BUS PERFORMANCE IMPROVING AFTER CHALLENGING START Bus services were now becoming more reliable and arriving on time more often as service levels improve, Greater Wellington Regional Council Chief Executive Greg Campbell told the Transport and ... More >>
Metlink bus timetables affected by union stop work meeting
Monday, 24 September 2018, 11:20 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Due to a stop work meeting of Tramways Union members on Wednesday 26 September, Metlink bus services will be reduced in Wellington City, Hutt Valley and Porirua between 9am-3pm on that day. More >>
More seats on Wairarapa Line good news for commuters
Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 10:25 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Wairarapa rail commuters will be the winners in a trial designed to increase capacity on the Wairarapa Line from Wellington to Masterton. More >>
Hearing Panel decision now scheduled for March next year
Friday, 7 September 2018, 11:09 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
The Hearing Panel considering South Wairarapa District Council’s application for resource consents associated with the proposed long-term upgrade and operation of the Featherston Wastewater Treatment Plant, will now hold a hearing in March 2019. More >>
GW CEO to take direct leadership over bus project
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 5:00 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington chief executive Greg Campbell is stepping in to take direct leadership of the implementation of the new Wellington bus network for the next three months. He will work alongside the General Manager for Public Transport Wayne Hastie. More >>
New bus services bring increased capacity for commuters
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 3:55 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Two additional buses have been introduced to increase passenger capacity for Karori commuters during the daily peak, timed for 07:50 and 08:30 Monday through Friday between Karori Park and Courtenay Place. More >>
Regional Council chair thanks meeting attendees
Sunday, 26 August 2018, 7:05 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Regional Council chair Chris Laidlaw has thanked the people who attended the meeting at St Patrick’s College in Kilbirnie on Sunday afternoon to share their experiences of the new Wellington bus network. More >>
Metlink is listening on buses
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 3:22 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council has reinstated a popular bus service, saying the decision is evidence that it is listening to concerns about the new bus network introduced by Metlink last month. More >>
Whaitua Committee presents land and water management ideas
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 2:15 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
After four and half years of fruitful and intensive community-led effort, the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee has presented its final recommendations to Greater Wellington Regional Council. These recommendations inform an implementation programme aimed at balancing ... More >>
Council focuses on cross harbour pipeline
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 2:12 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council today approved the progression of the Cross Harbour Pipeline as the preferred project for an alternative water supply to Wellington City, a major project aimed at improving water supply resilience for the metropolitan region. More >>
Hutt Valley-Wellington Whaitua Committee
Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 12:18 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council is seeking applications for suitably experienced and enthusiastic people to join its new Hutt Valley - Wellington Whaitua Committee (which also covers Wainuiomata and Makara), the role of which is to work with the ... More >>
Spring is springing, and so is the pollen
Thursday, 9 August 2018, 3:28 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
It’s that time of year again. Reports are already coming into Greater Wellington Regional Council of signs of yellow powder or paint residue accumulating in the harbour, lining streams and puddles and coating people’s cars. All of which are deposits ... More >>
Council considers community proposal for bus services
Wednesday, 8 August 2018, 9:42 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Increasing the number of direct services on one of the city’s key bus routes is one of the options being considered by Metlink to improve the performance of Wellington’s new bus network. More >>
EECA grant puts Metlink at forefront
Tuesday, 7 August 2018, 6:16 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
The conversion of more than 50 former Wellington trolley buses to battery power will put Metlink among world leaders in the shift to zero-carbon public transport, says Greater Wellington Regional Council chair Chris Laidlaw. More >>
Councils and meeting climate challenge
Tuesday, 31 July 2018, 3:31 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council has emphasised the importance of central and local government partnerships in meeting challenges from climate change, in its submission on the Zero Carbon Bill. More >>
Upper Hutt’s Cannon Point walkway now fully open
Tuesday, 31 July 2018, 1:56 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
People looking to walk Upper Hutt’s Cannon Point Walkway can now do so following the re-opening to the public of its zig zag access section following its closure in December last year. More >>
Greater Wellington moves to the sounds of silence
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 2:24 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
They’re whisper quiet, the stealth bombers of the pest management world designed to spring a nasty surprise on the critters that daily degrade our environment and undermine our biodiversity. More >>
Proposed new floodplain management plan out for feedback
Monday, 23 July 2018, 10:47 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Proposed new floodplain management plan out for feedback Draft documents of the Te Kāuru Upper Ruamāhanga Floodplain Management Plan are now out for public feedback. Residents of the Upper Ruamāhanga catchment will receive information on the proposals ... More >>
