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Wellingtonians Invited To Have Their Say On The Golden Mile

Monday, 11 July 2022, 2:21 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Let’s Get Wellington Moving is asking Wellingtonians to have their say on the detailed design of the Golden Mile to help revitalise areas of the city. Public engagement on the Golden Mile, which includes the main retail and commercial strip from the ... More >>

Cobham Drive Crossing Underway

Thursday, 19 May 2022, 10:54 am | Let's Get Wellington Moving

  Safer journeys are on the horizon with construction of a new signal-controlled walking and cycling crossing on Cobham Drive, starting this Sunday 22 May. The crossing will include a central traffic island for people walking, and accessible kerbs to ... More >>

Let’s Get Wellington Moving Appoints New Programme Director

Friday, 13 May 2022, 1:59 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Let’s Get Wellington Moving, a partnership between Wellington City, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Waka Kotahi with support from mana whenua partners, has announced the appointment of a new Programme Director. Sarah Gardner, currently Chief Executive ... More >>

Wellington Community Helps Design Safer And More Accessible Walking Improvements

Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 2:59 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

After receiving community design input, the Let’s Get Wellington Moving’s central city walking improvements project is now underway, making central city intersection safer, accessible, and more efficient. Improvements have already been made on two ... More >>

Major Report Recommends More Waterfront Use, More Green Spaces And Fewer Cars

Friday, 11 March 2022, 3:12 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

A report by world-leading people-centred urban design experts, Gehl Architects, finds Wellington’s car traffic and parking is occupying too much valuable land which could be redesigned to support higher-density housing, greener and more public ... More >>

Decision Made On New Cobham Drive Crossing And SH1 Speed Limits

Thursday, 3 March 2022, 6:18 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

People can look forward to safer and more connected communities with lower speed limits to be introduced between Mt Victoria and Wellington Airport, and a safe crossing on State Highway 1 along Cobham Drive. Assisted through public consultation, Let’s ... More >>

Let’s Get Wellington Moving Replaces Leaf Rating Visuals With Written Descriptions

Friday, 12 November 2021, 5:01 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Let’s Get Wellington Moving has removed the ‘climate friendly’ leaf rating visual icons on its engagement website hello.lgwm.nz and replaced these with written descriptions to summarise more fully the projected impacts on carbon emissions of ... More >>

Intersection Safety Improvements Start - First Spade In The Ground For Let’s Get Wellington Moving

Thursday, 4 November 2021, 4:01 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Crossing intersections in Wellington’s CBD are about to be made safer, accessible, and more efficient with work starting on two busy intersections in November at Whitmore and Stout Streets and Whitmore and Featherston Streets – the first construction ... More >>

Let’s Get Wellington Moving Unveils Four Options To Transform Wellington

Monday, 1 November 2021, 5:16 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Let’s Get Wellington Moving has officially unveiled four options to help transform the Capital, focused on mass rapid transit, improvements at the Basin Reserve and an extra Mt Victoria Tunnel as part of a multi-billion dollar plan to move more people ... More >>

Help Us Decide On Wellington City’s Future

Monday, 1 November 2021, 3:45 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Over six weeks from 2 November to 10 December Let’s Get Wellington Moving is making it easy for people to have their say on four options to enable the transformation of Wellington, alongside Wellington City Council’s Our City Tomorrow engagements ... More >>

Let’s Get Wellington Moving Team Publish Golden Mile Engagement Report

Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 10:34 am | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Nearly 2000 people, businesses, groups and organisations gave feedback on the future of the Golden Mile during public engagement in June - August this year. An engagement report summarising their feedback has now been published on the Let’s Get Wellington ... More >>

Last Chance To Have Your Say On The Golden Mile

Thursday, 6 August 2020, 4:18 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

There are only three more days for Wellingtonians to provide their feedback on three possible concepts to make the Golden Mile better for people and buses, following submissions from more than 1,300 who have already had their say. Engagement closes ... More >>

More Time To Give Feedback On Golden Mile Concepts

Friday, 24 July 2020, 11:36 am | Let's Get Wellington Moving

A big thank you to the more than 1,000 Wellingtonians who’ve already told us what they think of the three different concepts for the Golden Mile. We’ve heard that some people would like a bit more time to provide feedback, so we’re extending ... More >>

Wellington CBD Speed Limits Change To 30km/h On Sunday 19 July

Friday, 17 July 2020, 10:27 am | Let's Get Wellington Moving

From this Sunday (19 July), the speed limit on most of Wellington’s central city streets will change from 50km/h to 30km/h (main roads will remain at 50km/h). Lowering the speed limit to 30km/h in the central city is one of the early deliverables under ... More >>

Concepts For The Golden Mile Released

Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 5:43 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Three different concepts for making the Golden Mile better for people and buses have been released for community feedback today. “Improving the Golden Mile is an important part of Let’s Get Wellington Moving’s plan to move more people with ... More >>

Wellington To Have 30km/h Speed Limit In The Central City By End Of July

Thursday, 11 June 2020, 3:44 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Wellington City Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee today gave final approval to changing most central city speed limits from 50km/h to 30km/h (main roads will remain at 50km/h). The central city safer speeds project is part of the Let’s Get ... More >>

Work Underway On Mass Rapid Transit And State Highway Projects

Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 11:36 am | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Work to identify the best options for mass rapid transit and state highway improvements is set to begin, as part of the next phase of the $6.4 billion Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme. Contracts for the next stage of engineering, design, and ... More >>

Minister, Mayor and Chair welcome next phase for LGWM

Thursday, 5 December 2019, 4:18 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Both Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) and Wellington City Council (WCC) will vote on a new relationship and funding agreement, including advancing funding, for the next phase of the $6.4 billion Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme ... More >>

Next stage for mass rapid transit and state highway projects

Thursday, 14 November 2019, 1:50 pm | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Contracts for the next stage of engineering, design, and planning work on the two largest projects in Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) have gone out for tender. More >>

Moving to safer speeds & a more people-friendly Golden Mile

Thursday, 7 November 2019, 9:16 am | Let's Get Wellington Moving

Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) is seeking feedback from the community on two projects – lower speed limits in the central city, and what’s needed to create a more people-friendly Golden Mile. LGWM programme director Andrew Body says both ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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