The comments come after a scathing review warns the capital's two-decade transport programme, which includes a new Mt Victoria tunnel and mass public transport, risks failure.
Review into Let s Get Wellington Moving to be made public
10 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Let s Get Wellington Moving puts mass rapid transit front and centre. Image / Supplied
Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
An internal review, or health check , of Wellington s $6.4 billion transport project will be publicly released this month following what s being described as a frustrating delay.
In September last year Let s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme director Andrew Body confirmed the project was undertaking an internal review.
Conducted by three independent reviewers, it was set to focus on governance, a gap assessment, people and culture, the baseline programme, and systems and processes.
In June, officials forecast a $2.2b hole in the fund over the next four years. They recommend plugging the funding hole with a Government top up and loans – but even that wouldn’t be enough. Some projects would need to be cut to help Waka Kotahi service the borrowing on its additional debt. Officials said that the Government would have to look at trimming discretionary spending on things like LGWM and Auckland’s transport package, ATAP. This would need to be done when the Government put together it’s 10-year Transport plan, the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport, or GPS.
The Golden Mile: What does the future hold for Auckland s Queen Street?
5 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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The pocket park proposed for the junction of Fort St and Queen St in downtown Auckland. Image / LandLAB
The pocket park proposed for the junction of Fort St and Queen St in downtown Auckland. Image / LandLAB
Queen St has suffered a double whammy of crushing Covid consequences and the wait for the City Rail Link. There are now 40 empty stores in what was once the country s busiest retail area. Is the Golden Mile losing its lustre? And why are planned upgrades taking so long? Cherie Howie investigates