News from Greater Wellington Regional Council
The regional council says Golden Mile rejuvenation plans from Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) will make Wellington City and public transport more attractive and bring more life into the CBD.

The plans are ambitious, clear, and unapologetic about bringing as many people as possible into the city says council chair Daran Ponter.

“The benefits of the rejuvenation plan are plenty and undeniable. Distinct precincts that make it easy for everyone to get around, more reliable and uninterrupted journeys for public transport passengers with modern accessible infrastructure designed to keep people more safe, more sheltered and more informed,” says Cr Ponter.

Currently, almost 90% of Wellington City bus routes utilise the Golden Mile, with 22,000 passengers boarding at bus stops on the Golden Mile each day, and around 2 thirds of all journeys being to or from the Golden Mile.

“With plans to remove general traffic, as well as intersection improvements, we will have continuous bus lanes in both directions for the length of the Golden Mile. That’s a real game changer, enabling buses to arrive more frequently and reducing travel times for passengers travelling the length of the Golden Mile from 14 minutes to around 12 minutes.

That might not sound like a lot but, over a year, it works out at around 45,000 hours of saved travel time for Wellingtonians and equates to $76m in travel time savings and reliability for bus…