Regional Public Transport Plan submissions hearings
Regional Public Transport Plan submissions hearings this week
Submissions on the draft Regional Public
Transport Plan - Greater Wellington Regional Council’s
blueprint for delivering the best public transport services
- will be heard this week.
The Council received more than 630 submissions on the draft transport plan. On Tuesday 27 May a sub-committee of Council will hear submitters on both the draft transport plan and the Annual Plan. Over the following two days, 28-29 May, it will hear more submissions on the draft transport plan.
A draft hearings schedule is attached. Please note that this schedule could still change. The hearings will be held in the Council Chamber, Greater Wellington Regional Council, 2 Fryatt Quay, Pipitea.
A summary of submissions will be available online later today. Annual Plan Hearings
As well as hearing oral submissions, the committee will consider all the feedback people have given on the draft plan. The committee will weigh issues and concerns raised by submitters against the goals of the draft Regional Public Transport Plan. The plan aims to make public transport more convenient and attractive for more people by making some major improvements to the network over the next six to 10 years.
The draft public transport plan proposes a
number of improvements such as:
• A new Wellington City
bus network that gives more people access to high frequency
bus services, makes bus services easier to use and provides
evening and weekend services to more suburbs.
• More
frequent rail services from inner hubs such as Porirua and
Waterloo and faster and more reliable services on longer
distance lines such as Wairarapa, Upper Hutt and
Kapiti
• A new ticketing and fares system will enable
people to use one card for all their public transport travel
throughout the region.
• Options for renewing
Wellington’s bus fleet with new generation diesel buses,
hybrids or electric buses. Feedback on the bus fleet
options will be considered by both the committee and a
workshop of all Regional Councillors in early June.
The
Council will be considering submissions and expects to adopt
a final plan by the end of June.
For more information, call 021 914 266 or email comms@gw.govt.nz
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