Let’s Get Wellington Moving plots for a future where population has boomed in a city with finite space, while intensification and expansion upwards is on the agenda, so too is the prospect of Wellington’s boundary expanding as new suburbs pop up to the north.
Why is it, then, that the Let’s Get Wellington Moving plans have little planning for population growth to the north. Why is the main focus on southern and eastern suburbs?
Much of it comes down to the programme’s simplest aims: to get people out of their cars and into other forms of transport, and to limit emissions.