Source: Environmental Protection Authority
The path will stretch 4.5 kilometres between Ngauranga and Petone. It is part of Te Ara Tupua, a project to create a walking and cycling link between Wellington and Lower Hutt.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency applied for the pathway to be considered under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-Track Consenting) Act 2020.
The expert consenting panel has today granted a resource consent with conditions, and confirmed two notices of requirement with conditions.
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) provides advice and administrative support for the Panel Convener, Judge Newhook, and the expert consenting panels he appoints. The EPA is not involved in the decision-making.
“This project will create jobs and boost our economic recovery while maintaining a strong environmental focus. Care will be taken to preserve sensitive habitats and the addition of new offshore habitat areas will help address the effects of coastal construction,” Parker said. “It meets all the requirements under the fast-track consenting process to get people into jobs and support our economy, while upholding environmental standards and Treaty of Waitangi principles,” he said.
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Plans for the fast tracked Ngauranga to Petone cycleway have been released by Waka Kotahi NZTA. Transport Minister Michael Wood said the new path would encourage more people to cycle between the Hutt Valley and Wellington City.
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government welcomes the approval for the Ngā Ūranga ki Pito-one section of Te Ara Tupua, the walking and cycling link between Wellington and Lower Hutt.
The 4.5-kilometre long, five-metre wide shared path will run along Wellington Harbour’s coastal edge, away from State Highway 2 traffic, making it safer and easier for people to walk or cycle between Wellington and Lower Hutt.
Environment Minister David Parker said this was the first transport project approved by an Expert Consenting Panel under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-Track Consenting) Act 2020, which was designed to accelerate New Zealand’s economic recovery from COVID-19.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced last April during the Covid lockdown she and her ministers would take 20 per cent pay cuts for six months. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Ben Leahy is a reporter for the New Zealand HeraldBen.Leahy@nzherald.co.nz
One in five public sector bosses ignored the Prime Minister s example and declined to take a Covid pay cut, opting instead to continue pocketing their full six-figure salaries. Those who did not follow Jacinda Ardern s lead included judges earning more than $400,000 and chief executives with annual wages as high as $500,000.