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A city fit for the future
Te Motu Kairangi connections is one of many projects to provide safer and easier options to walk, bike, or bus – so more of us can get places in climate-friendly ways.
This project involves improvements in Miramar, Strathmore, and Seatoun.
Wellington is growing, and more people will be living in apartments or townhouses. Development like this is already happening in parts of the eastern suburbs.
To support this growth, we’re making changes on some streets.
The goal is to be a city where people of all ages and abilities can move safely and easily by bike, bus or on foot, reducing congestion and emissions. These essential street changes will make it easier for more of us to be less reliant on our cars – now and in the future.
Safer bike routes and connections
The planned routes in Miramar will connect with other bike paths and connections in Kilbirnie, to Lyall Bay, and around the bays to the central city. The changes will include improvements for people walking or taking the bus and help to make this area an even better place to live.
People will have safer and easier ways of getting to schools and early childhood centres, cafes and bars, Wellington airport, shops and businesses, Roxy Cinema, Miramar Library, community centres, parks, playgrounds, and parts of the south coast.
The streets where we're planning improvements
The four connections are:
- Miramar to the airport via Hobart, Kedah and Miro streets (1.3km)
- Miramar to Strathmore via Miramar Avenue and Ira Street (1km)
- Miramar north including Park and Camperdown roads (1.5km)
- the airport to Seatoun via Broadway, and Ferry and Dundas streets (2.1km).
How to provide input
During the project's discovery phase, the team will talk with community stakeholders, businesses, and technical experts as we develop detailed route plans. Public consultation on these plans would follow.
Our initial baseline survey was completed by 252 residents from mid-August to early October 2023. This information helps to inform the route design and will be used as part of the evaluation at the end of the project.
Stay in touch
We're keen to involve the community as we go, so we will be sending updates when there are opportunities to get involved or have your say.
Got questions about this project? Email the team: tmkconnections@wcc.govt.nz
How we got here
We first consulted on routes in the Miramar area in 2017/2018 as part of a wider eastern connections project. The biking and walking paths on Miramar Avenue between Shelley Bay Road and Tauhinu Road were completed in early 2022.
Paneke Pōneke, Wellington's bike network plan, confirmed the routes that would fill the gaps in the network, and better connect the bike paths and lanes that were already in place. The plan was approved in 2022.