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18 April 2024

Long-term progress: Building on our 2021 priorities

In our 2021 Long-term Plan, we worked with the community to set six priorities, which have shaped our work for the past three years.

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This Week in Our Wellington newsletter

Pick of the week: We're taking over some major transport projects

The Council is taking the lead on three former Let’s Get Wellington Moving projects to create a more liveable city, and improve the ways people get around Wellington.The projects are:

  • The Golden Mile retail and commercial strip, starting at the entertainment hub of Courtenay Place and working along Willis and Manners Streets to the Parliament end of Lambton Quay.
  • The commuter route along Thorndon Quay from Bunny St to the Aotea Quay overbridge at 87 Hutt Road.
  • The Aotea Quay roundabout.

Learn more or find out what else is happening in the capital in this week's newsletter.

 

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