by Lindsay Shelton While planning to change the roads at Basin Reserve continues as secretively as ever, the region’s mayors have started some secret meetings of their own – to decide how […]
Wellington bus services in crisis
by Nicola Young Our bus service is in crisis, due to the failed and confused leadership of the two regional authorities responsible – the Regional Council and the City Council. The trolleys […]
Wellington has 99 problems, but a Smart City Transport Solution isn’t one…
All this chatter over the last couple of weeks about transport in Wellington City has caused me to go back and look at what I wrote two years ago about Wellington as […]
Open Blog: Paul Bruce: Notes on the Greater Wellington Regional Council Long Term Plan
The Long Term Plan contains a number of large budget items which do not contribute towards Wellington Region’s resilience or sustainability. I would like to go over four items: – Flawed Bus […]
Fran Wilde haters flock to take glory for a “coup, “Meanwhile Celia and Plan B…
No sooner than Fran Wilde has resigned and the local pundit feeds fill with stories of her being “rolled”. Revelling it in at least one regional Councillor has started to milk the […]
Press Release: (FIT) Have your say on the Draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2015
The Regional Transport Committee’s Draft Regional Land Transport Plan is currently open for submissions. It lists and prioritises what the Regional Transport Committee considers to be Wellington’s transport priorities. “Your views are […]
Six Wellington Councils close ranks on information requests over shared services work
This week the Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Porirua City Council, Upper Hutt City Council, Hutt City Council, Kapiti Coast District Council, and Masterton District Council chose to invoke the […]