
The intersection changes will make crossing here safer and easier, and are part of Let’s Get Wellington Moving’s programme of central city walking improvements. Work is scheduled to start in July. Installing the bike and bus lanes will happen from September and take about six weeks.
The big changes will be:
- raising the pedestrian crossing over the slip lane to footpath height
- adding a new signalised crossing over Bowen Street from the Lambton Quay side of The Terrace (outside The Treasury building)
- upgrading the traffic signals with new poles and mast arms.
In advance of the bike and bus lanes, we're also installing underground ducts for the traffic signals, vehicle and bike detection loops that trigger the lights and bike-friendly stormwater drain grates.
We’re having to work around the construction happening at 46 Bowen Street (uphill from The Terrace). Once that project is finished, there will be a new bus stop and better connections for people on foot.
Councillors agreed to start work on the city to Newtown and city to Botanic Garden ki Paekākā routes at a meeting of Pūroro Āmua – the Planning and Environment Committee – on 23 September 2021.
Engagement with businesses started in November 2021. We have worked with a stakeholder group to develop the design options. Wider feedback was gathered via a public survey. Data on things like parking use and numbers of people on bikes and buses is being gathered now so we can evaluate the changes in the future.