Wellington City Council’s Koata Hātepe Regulatory Processes Committee gave the go ahead on Wednesday 13 December for Berhampore to Newtown improvements. You can view the committee meeting on the Council Youtube Channel and read the committee papers here. 

Preparing for the future - more options for more people

The changes will make it safer and easier to walk, scoot, bike, or take the bus to schools, workplaces, sportsgrounds, community facilities, shops, cafes, and businesses.

Berhampore and Newtown are places where a lot more people will be living in the future - close to the central city and Wellington Regional Hospital’s campus, with access to shops, schools, cafes, Massey University, Te Whaea, Wellington Zoo, parks, and the Town Belt. Wakefield Park is a regional centre for sports and recreation.

Many Wellingtonians commute from other suburbs to work at the hospitals, travel to hospital appointments or to visit patients.

Connection from coast to coast

Aerial image of Newtown, Berhampore, and Island Bay showing how the Berhampore to Newtown cycleway connects with other routes.

The improvements for people on bikes using The Parade, Adelaide Road, Luxford Street, Rintoul Street, and Riddiford Street will complete the 6.3km safe cycling route between the south coast and central city.

 

Read a full set of plans and the traffic resolution

You can see the full plans and traffic resolution, as well as other supporting documents.

Aerial view of a technical diagram of an intersection.

View of Rintoul Street near Stoke Street, looking uphill towards Berhampore

Rintoul Street with a raised crossing outside South Wellington Intermediate School, view towards Berhampore

Corner of Rintoul Street and Luxford Street, looking towards Berhampore

Luxford Street, view towards Berhampore town centre

The corner of Adelaide Road and Luxford Street, looking towards Island Bay

Adelaide Road by Wakefield Park looking towards Island Bay

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