A Lower Hutt councillor says it\u2019s time Wainuiomata has its own bus route to Wellington City but, in the current environment, that would be \u201cdifficult to stand up\u201d says regional council transport committee chairman Thomas Nash.<\/p>\n
The state of regional public transport outside Wellington City was laid bare in the just released Greater Wellington Regional Council\u2019s\u00a0draft 10-year regional public transport plan.<\/p>\n
Car dependency in Porirua was high because of poor public transport options; there needed to be a bus from Wainuiomata to Hutt Hospital; no public transport options linked Porirua and Upper Hutt; existing bus networks did not cover large employment areas in Upper Hutt like Alexander Rd and the industrial area in Wallaceville.<\/p>\n
Apart from proposals of running\u00a0a new bus corridor\u00a0down harbour quays in Wellington City,\u00a0redeveloping Waterloo station\u00a0in Lower Hutt and\u00a0charging for park-and-ride\u00a0at train stations, the plan suggested \u201cfurther evaluation\u201d of a bus running between Wainuiomata and Wellington City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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