The $7.4 billion Let’s Get Wellington Moving project is dead, but most major aspects have survived as a new plan for 1500 homes in the central city emerges.
In a deal hammered out with Wellington’s two councils and the new National-led Government, a second Mount Victoria tunnel will now get built, the Golden Mile revamp looks likely, and light rail is gone to be replaced by bus priority lanes running east-west and north south.
The official joint announcement – from Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop, Transport and Local Government Minister Simeon Brown, Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau, and Greater Wellington Regional Council chairperson Daran Ponter – was made on Sunday morning.
